Tea & Sympathy Saga #6

It’s not every day that girl wakes up to French champagne

and a charming man…Cheers.

Sally Steele was floating on air and champagne. This was going to be a start of a fabulous friendship or maybe, a new love interest. Who knows where it will go. Sally was hopeful it would turn out to be successful and in her favor this time around.

Michael Majors was pleasantly surprised with Sally Steele. She was beautiful, witty and very sexy. He smiled to himself; what a job this was going to be for him. He was even getting paid.

( to be continued)

 

 

 

Tea & Sympathy Saga #4

Michael Majors had made his phone call to Washington DC , before the train arrived in Venice.

He needed to know his steps from the Agency.

David Davidson didn’t pull any punches. “Michael, we know Miss Steele was involved in the mishap on the train with Sam Houston. She wants him eliminated. That’s not going to happen. Take care of her and tie up loose ties for us.”

“Do I get my usual fee, David?”

“Yes.”

“What’s the timeline? Can I take my time. She’s a beautiful woman.”

“You make the call, Majors…just take care of it.”

 

( to be continued )

 

 

Tea & Sympathy Saga #5

It was evening when the train from Milan pulled into the station.

A beautiful night was perfect for romance.

Michael Majors offered Sally Steele dinner and some sympathy at a local restaurant in Venice. Sally being herself again, willing accepted his invitation. What did she have to lose? Nothing, nothing at all.

“Miss Steele, you might tell me about your travels through Italy.”

“There’s not much to tell, except that  I got rejected by a man who I thought I was in love with.”

“Oh, I’m so sorry. Let me try to make it up to you. How do you like your champagne? French?”

“I starting to feel my heart again. Of course, French champagne is the only way to go.”

Majors lifted his glass and said, ” Cheers to you my dear and a perfect evening for love.”

Sally responded, “Cheers, Michael. You know I have my yacht moored in the bay.”

“I can hardly wait to see your yacht in all of it’s splendor, my dear.”

( to be continued )

 

Tea & Sympathy Saga #3

Michael Majors was a British spy who worked for British Intelligence. 

Most of his time was spent working for the Americans and the British. He was given assignments from the Agency in Washington DC when they didn’t or couldn’t be involved with a suicide, a plane crash or mass shooting.

Mr. Major was paid extremely well for his work and enjoyed his luxurious life style. Women flocked to him because of not only his expensive suits but by the way he treated them; with expensive gifts, trips to exotic places and even cash, if they needed some.

He thought of himself as a modern day version of James Bond, known as 007.

Michael Majors had read every Ian Fleming book ever written and saw most of the Bond movies. His favorite book by Fleming, A SPY WHO LOVED ME.

After Majors finished having tea with Miss Steele, he made a phone call to Washington DC.

( to be continued )

Tea & Sympathy Saga#2

Tea for one or tea for two?

Sally Steele was on the train heading back to Venice, when she decided a cup of tea was in order and some serious thinking.

She hated to have tea alone, so she looked around the dining car for a friendly face. Sally needed some tea and sympathy from a man. Of course, a man would cheer her up. She wanted to laugh and hear someone else to tell her how beautiful she was. Hmmm…she spotted an older gentleman reading a newspaper and decided that he would do just fine. She approached him with a big smile, “Hello, do you mind if I join you?”

The man put aside his newspaper and looked at the lovely and beautiful Sally Steele.

“I would be delighted, please have a seat.”

Sally sat in the joining chair next to him and noticed he wasn’t wearing a wedding ring. Maybe, lady luck has struck?

“I would like to introduce myself, I’m Sally Steele.”

“Hello, Miss Steele, I’m Michael Majors.”

“You have a British accent, are you from England?”

“Yes, my dear, I am.”

“Visiting Italy for pleasure or business?”

“You could say a little of both.”

Sally liked what she saw in this older man and chatted away while they had tea.

Michael Majors knew who Sally Steele was because he had been following her through Italy. He felt amused at the situation he was in this afternoon. She played right into his plan. It was his lucky day.

 

( to be continued )

 

 

 

Tea & Sympathy Saga #1

Sally Steele was aboard the train to Venice.

She was traveling alone and thinking about the lost love of her life, Sam Houston. Sally was feeling sad that Sam rejected her and more or less throw her out of Milan. Who did he and that Congressman Jamison think they were? Powerful men that could throw in federal prison. She wanted no part of it and packed her bags and headed back to her yacht in Venice, Italy.

Sally remembered what her Grandmother Clara always said to her when she was a little girl, “Sally, my dear, let’s have a cup of tea and life will appear a better place.”

That was what Sally was going to do, have a cup of herbal tea and call her best friend, Crystal, in Washington D.C.

( to be continued )

 

Versace & Carrie plus more…

Anyone remember Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City?

This beautiful dress is a Versace. She wore it in Paris just before

Mr. Big rescued her from that Russian.

I watched every single episode of the HBO series plus the two movies.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from Carrie:

 

Who could forget Mr. Big? ( not, me, I thought they made the perfect couple)

 

It was a great series to watch and it had a happy ending…

 

“…I couldn’t help but wonder…is this the end?

Or would there be a third movie?”

 

 

Fashion & Nature

When I came across this photo today I was inspired.

Such beauty …

Most of you know that I worked my entire career

in the fashion industry,

so I love photos like the one I posted.

A popular color this Spring is lavender.

Fashion is inspired by nature!

(Pinterest images)

 

“Birthplace of the Republican Party”

This week in 1854, in Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party met to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the Western territories. The meeting in this tiny schoolhouse led to the founding of Republican party.

The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for “Grand Old Party”), is one of the world’s oldest extant political parties. It is the second oldest existing political party in the United States after its primary rival, the Democratic Party.

The City of Ripon is a thriving community of 7,833
residents located just 20 miles west of the Fox Valley,
in the heart of Wisconsin.
It’s a family-oriented community offering the advantages
and conveniences of living near a metropolitan area,
plus the peacefulness and safety of small town Wisconsin.
Excellent schools and a wide variety of recreational
opportunities add to the high quality of life.

High points of Ripon:

Ripon is the 33rd Safest City in Wisconsin!
Ripon Voted in top 100 towns in WI to start a Small Business!
Voted #7 Happiest City in Wisconsin
Harrison Ford enjoyed a brief stint as a philosophy major at Ripon College
National Council and Home Safety and Security, Ripon Ranked in the TOP 50!
One of the safest cities in Wisconsin 2 years in a row according to the Safest Cities in Wisconsin Report!
Ripon, WI Ranked one of the safest college towns in the United States!

Well, there you have it…a small town that turns out to be something special.

My favorite: Harrison Ford went to college in Ripon for  short while. ( who knew?)

By Barbara KisKis

 

 

 

Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month,

I’m highlighting U.S. Army Lt. Col. Juanita Redmond Hipps, Angel of Bataan.

Juanita R. Hipps was born on 1 July 1912. She served in the Army Nurse Corps in World War II Pacific Theater.

She was the author of “I Served on Bataan” (New York: J.B. Lippincott Company),

a best selling book in 1943

and which was the basis for the motion picture,

“So Proudly We Hail.”

In 1941/autumn, she was at Bataan & was one of the last nurses to leave Corregidor.

Lt. Juanita REDMOND, ANC, was stationed at Sternberg-General-Hospital in Philippines, Manila when she heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl-Harbor.
During World War II  (1939-1945) she served in the Army Nurse Corps in the Pacific Theater & was in charge of 69 nurses.
She was in the Philippines & was one the army nurses who were captured.

In 1945/02, she & other nurses were liberated & made the 7,838 mile flight from the Philippines to San Francisco, California.

She was among the first nurses to earn the `Golden Flight Wings’.

She assisted in establishing the Army Air Corps Flight Nurse Program.

1946/06/14/, Her marriage notice published:  Lt-Col. Juanita REDMOND married

William Grover HIPPS in Lexington-Co, Swansea, North Carolina.

In 1979, she was buried, Arlington, Virginia.

Arlington-National-Cemetery,section#21,grave#769

with full military honors.

Thank you for your service, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Juanita Redmond Hipps,

may you rest in peace.

Personal note: I have a deep appreciation for our Military, as I was an Army wife during the Vietnam War.

By Barbara KisKis