Valentine, Oh Be Mine

The table set for a quiet lunch beside a sunny window
 
A light lunch leaves plenty of room for dessert

A glass of wine with dessert

Succulent Strawberries with Chocolate Truffles

Wink at the one you love

All you need are two lips

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Madame Donna Hikes Zion Canyon, Utah

All this is the music of waters.”
John Wesley Powell, 1895

When I signed in at the Red Mountain Spa last week, I noticed this motto in the folder of information they handed me: “For A Healthy Inside, Go Outside.” Mini-Madame #1 and I laughed over that one because “go outside” was a centerpiece phrase of [...]

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Madame Donna’s Hedonistic Adventure

Every once in a while fortune smiles broadly on me. That’s what happened last week. Mini-Madame #1 received a windfall of a cash inheritance and invited me to accompany her on a weeklong trip.
Since her donor was a man known for flagrant displays and who bejeweled himself with large links of gold chain [...]

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