a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

Hello! How are you doing? Time for another- X ways to wear a clothing item post! We do love to be sustainable on this fashion and art blog.  In fact, I wrote about the importance of shopping our closet a dozen of times. I always enjoyed creating stories with my clothes. Sharing them on my blog has been an added plus! I've had this skirt for many years. Have you ever noticed it before? I think some of you must have had, because I remember getting compliments on it. It's a lovely high waisted floral pattern skit. It's from a local brand, fashion house Edi. It's made from wool and silk, which makes it very warm but also light. Interesting combination of materials, isn't it? I don't believe I have any other garments that are made of a combination of silk and wool. I even googled it. What did google say ? Well, it replied that wool is often paired with synthetic materials, but it also added that wool is sometimes paired with silk to produce a softer feel. I often pai

 It's been so long since I shared a painting on my blog. The reason for this was simple. I decided to stop posting my art because of online AI theft. Anything that get posted nowadays is automatically stolen by AI. There are ways to try to protect one's self but they are not very efficient. In addition, I didn't feel the need to post my art regularly. I still don't. Not on social media anyway. Not that I have any social media, except for my blog and LinkedIn ! I need Linkedin for my work and blog for my leisure. When it comes to posting one's art online, there are valid arguments for and against it. It's a complex topic I shall not get into right now. If I were to write a post about pros and cons of positing one's art, I'm assuming it'd take me at least five thousand words to get my points across.  So, I'll leave that for some other time and just explain why I don't post art (or at least not as much as I used to). First of all, I generally do

Hello, dear readers! In this post, I shall review Eugene Onegin , a verse novel by Alexander Pushkin . I decided to reread this surprisingly short novel, so that's what I did. In fact, I finished it yesterday. If you want to read a Russian classic that isn't desperately long, this is a solid choice.  I first read it years ago, probably during my student days. Speaking of student days, this is the novel that your Slavic literature professors will pull out of their hat when you define a novel as a work of prose. What about the famous verse novel Eugene Onegin , they will ask you with a triumphant smile on their lips (and that'll teach you the value of precision).  “But whom to love? To trust and treasure? Who won’t betray us in the end? And who’ll be kind enough to measure Our words and deeds as we intend?” Alexander Pushkin,  Eugene Onegin My strict Slavic professors taught me many important things and I'm grateful for that. For example, the value of speaking fluently an