September Opening: Hoopla, pearled
Welcome back to the Passage; I hope your past few months were full of seasonal joys and are continuing, perhaps embellished by some late-harvest sweet corn and still-plush peaches. Notice: You can now subscribe and receive posts via your email. Still free, still no ads. Go to the left sidebar, find "Subscribe", and enter your email. You may choose to receive either a notification or the entire post. (The platform, follow.it, has your address, I do not.) Of course you are welcome to drop in the old-school way, through your browser. And now, our traditional re-opening pearl post, which this year borrows from the "Safe or Smokin'" series, which presents both classic and modern versions of the same item. Pearls floated through our summer; relaxed, free-spirited pieces caught the long light. Once, watching diners at a rooftop restaurant, I counted seven women in pearl earrings. (And a twenty-something man in a strand, worn under his shirt, with that extra button un...
