Tag Archives: elegance

Scarlett

Posted on September 25, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Fall crept through the country. Traveling with winter dread. Scarlett needed a trip to the city. She packed a favorite dress and told Auntie to expect her at the townhouse. … Continue reading →

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Vesta found the note telling her that Velma was at Susan’s. Vesta scowled, just a little. Vesta went to her room. She took off her new dress. She unpacked, bathed. Then she set off to find her friend and tell … Continue reading →

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Susan and her belly come to the party

Posted on January 4, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Susan was getting big. But she got to Velma’s party and sat. She knew Velma, who doted on Susan and her belly. She was surprised to meet Scarlett, with her splashy pumps and short dress — how different she was … Continue reading →

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Velma throws a party

Posted on January 3, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Velma twittered around getting everything ready. She had been inspired by an old friend’s tradition of hosting an annual twelfth night party. Velma laid the table in the rooming house’s guest dining room. She made her Gram’s famous 7-layer … Continue reading →

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Vesta Visits

Posted on November 16, 2012 by AngelaLTodd

Vesta drove Scarlett back to the country, then quickly went along to visit friends in Oxford. It was overcast; in memory, Oxford was always overcast. Jean was lecturing. They hadn’t seen each other since his impromptu proposal.

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Velma gets busy

Posted on November 9, 2012 by AngelaLTodd

The girls were back from the city! Velma was excited to tell her friends about Susan, her new coffeeshop acquaintance. She hustled around, dressing in her favorite top, getting Scarlett’s housewarming gift ready…a healing heat pillow … Continue reading →

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Velma

Posted on January 16, 2012 by AngelaLTodd

Velma had purchased her train ticket to visit Scarlett weeks in advance, as usual. Happy to get the invitation to the big city, she’d scrimped and cobbled together her funds, and was immensely relieved with the ticket in her clutches. … Continue reading →

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Velma

Posted on November 18, 2011 by AngelaLTodd

Velma nodded along as her new rooming house friend expounded on the politics of buying handmade. Then retreated to her room. She had a lot to think about. She sat in her hardbacked chair staring out the window while the … Continue reading →

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Vesta

Posted on November 15, 2011 by AngelaLTodd

“Handmade is all about thinking,” Vesta explained to Velma, her new friend at the rooming house. “Handmade allows, encourages, demands that people think. Lights. Cars. Telephones. Radios. Televisions. Computers. Society-changing developments all start off handmade. Handmade is new, fresh, thought-provoking. … Continue reading →

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Vesta

Posted on November 9, 2011 by AngelaLTodd

Vesta had a new dress made to wear at Thanksgiving dinner. Chocolate. For Vesta, it was rather unmanly, slightly out of character. Appropriately tea length and high around the neck, something about those ties were irresistible, though more fitted than … Continue reading →