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Vesta Lingers in the City
Following a late night at the ballet, Vesta called Velma. “So I’m staying in the city a while longer to help Auntie sort out and move into just one of the bedrooms in her townhouse.” Vesta and Auntie were grand … Continue reading
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Tagged dressed to the nines, Etsy, fashion, gown, historical fiction, New York City, painting, vintage, watercolor, women, women's history
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Vesta Helps Downsize
Vesta put on her favorite romper and got to work. She’d decided to stay in New York City with Auntie for a while longer. Auntie lived alone now and, ever the firecracker, she needed some help cleaning out the townhouse. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Etsy, fashion, handmade, interracial, New York City, painting, townhouse, women, women's history
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Vesta Gives Her Two Cents
“Are you girls here to look at real estate?” The young man peered into the old Model A at the three spinsters. “Girls?” Vesta sputtered in disgust, “girls!?” She pushed open her door and rose majestically, dressed to kill. “Girls, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, Etsy, fashion, fiction, handmade clothing, menswear, necktie, New York City, women
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Velma Is Surprised
Who likes talking about money? Velma wondered as they dove into the Chinese takeout that Scarlett had ordered. She was too shy to say it was her first try. The three women had agreed to buy a small New York … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese food, craft, Etsy, felt, handmade, new york apartment, New York City, sangria, watercolor
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Vesta Sweeps In
Living a fairly sheltered life in New England, Vesta had learned as a young academic how to be a good guest and subsequently had made use of others’ couches, guest rooms, and makeshift lodgings in barns and garages all over … Continue reading
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Tagged Etsy, fiction, gloves, handmade, jewelry, New York City, quilted, quilting, vintage
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Velma makes a match
She plucked a white chair from the front porch. In the garden she made a spot in the lavender and just dumped all her yarn on the flagstones. Onlookers would think her mad, surely. She undid half-finished projects in the … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, Etsy, historical fiction, lavender, New York City, porch, womeh's history, yarn
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Scarlett
Beautiful Dorothy Whitney tended bar with a heavy hand. Men drank quickly to revisit her while women giggled at them. Adrenaline mixed with alcohol; volume increased, motions sped, and Scarlett’s signature color peppered the blurry backgrounds of everybody’s memories. Scarlett’s … Continue reading
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Tagged women, historical fiction, Etsy, New York City, cocktail party, photographs, vintage advertisements
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Velma
The card was postmarked New York, New York; tearing the envelope revealed Scarlett’s signature color first, then a gorgeous energetic card. Then out slipped a check. Velma sighed. Her city friend did not give up; she might as well start … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Etsy, fashion, gifts, handmade, handmade bead, historical fiction, jewelry, New York City, party, rooming house, Scarlett, signature color, spinster, trip to the city, women's history
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