A Sparkling Vintage Life

G is for Genteel

by | Apr 7, 2018 | Uncategorized

From the dusty archive of antique descriptions we don’t hear much anymore: Genteel (jen-teel)/adj. From the Middle French gentil = gentle. a: Having an aristocratic quality or flavor; stylish. b: of or relating to the gentry or upper class  c: elegant or...

E is for Enchanted April

by | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized

This month the Sparkling Vintage Ladies’ Reading Circle is reading, appropriately enough, The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. I’ve not read this book before, although I’ve seen a movie version a few years ago (there have been at least two...

D is for Daffodil

by | Apr 4, 2018 | Uncategorized

Here in far-northern Idaho it’s still too early for the daffodils to appear, at least at my elevation. But assorted little green shoots have started appearing through the melting patches of snow. Those of us in hard-winter areas take a special joy in the signs...