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Life With Dee Book Club!

March 3, 2016 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

I’m so excited to tell you about the latest Life With Dee feature. I’m starting a book club! Each month I will recommend three books. In some cases these will be books I’ve read and can recommend to you. And some of the books will be ones I will be reading for the first time,…

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Filed Under: Book Club, Books Tagged With: book, book club

Read Across America Day

March 4, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Today, March 3rd, is the NEA’s 17th annual “Read Across America Day”. That sounds like a great reason to talk about books. I joined a new, online book club the first of the year. We vote on a book to read each month. So far we’ve selected: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (January) My Mother She…

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French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (Chapter 4)

February 1, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Chapter Four Hair Rules Non, Non, et Non   Hair is the subject of Chapter Four and again, “natural” is the name of the game. No teased and lacquered hair for the typical French woman, please. Soft, shiny, and with a bit of swing…that’s the preferred look. It may look as if it happens effortlessly…

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Filed Under: Books, Films, French Friday, French Inspiration, French Inspired Living Tagged With: argon oil, book club, Forever Chic, French films, French Friday, hair care

French Friday ~”Forever Chic” (chapter three)

January 18, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Chapter Three Le Maquillage More Than Ever, Less Is More The overall goal for the Frenchwoman is to appear natural. Hair, skin, style, makeup…a lot of effort may go into achieving it but the goal is a natural, effortless appearance. Tish Jett discusses makeup (maquillage) in Chapter Three, breaking it down into the following categories:…

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Filed Under: French Friday, French Inspiration Tagged With: book club, Forever Chic, French Friday, French women, makeup, perfume, Shalimar

French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (chapter two)

January 4, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 8 Comments

I am finally getting around to reviewing chapter Chapter Two of “Forever Chic”. Chapter One was way back in October! Well, better late than never, right? Chapter Two  More Than Skin Deep A Celebration of La Toilette Française In this rather lengthy chapter, the author details the methods and various products used by French woman…

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Filed Under: Books, French Friday, French Inspiration, French Inspired Living Tagged With: book club, Forever Chic, French women, skin care

French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (Chapter One)

October 25, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

Today is the first “meeting” of the French Chic book club. We are reading Tish Jett’s new book, “Forever Chic: Frenchwomen’s Secrets for Timeless Beauty, Style and Substance”.     Tish Jett moved to France “for two years” for her job and more than 25 years later, she’s still there. “Forever Chic” is dedicated to…

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Filed Under: Books, French Friday, French Inspiration Tagged With: aging, book club, Forever Chic, French Chic, French Friday, French women, style, youth

French Friday – Book Club

October 18, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Forever Chic by Tish Jett The French Chic group I belong to decided it would be fun to do an online book club. As we were discussing which book to read first one of our members humbly mentioned that she had a book coming out. Parfait! Several of us pre-ordered and it began shipping this…

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Filed Under: Books, French Friday, French Inspiration Tagged With: book club, Forever Chic, French Chic, French Friday, French women

What’s on your nightstand?

March 29, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

 I mean, what book(s) are you reading?  I’ve recently read two excellent books that I highly recommend.  The first is “Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture” by Shannon Hayes and the second is “Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer” by Novella Carpenter.   Have you read anything good lately? Right now…

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Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book club, Books, reading

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