This is what happens when you have five days off, one tends to get very relaxed, and laze about. But it's that what the holidays are for? I have one friend who has started running around like a chicken with his head cut off already, doing this and doing that...I told him to slow down and sit and enjoy a movie or cook or something, but with him it's always got to be doing something work related or around the house.... relax I tell him. Another nice Christmas has passed, a nice time with my uncle and some of his kids. I got some of these beaded, jeweled ornaments that had been my late aunts. I know some were made in Japan, and others are handmade, likely by her and some friends, while sitting around a kitchen table, creating these gems. I haven't seen any of these in years. And it now seems it's another international holiday, the birthday of our Patron Saint here at the Casa du Borghese, Magdalene Dietrich who was born this date in 1901. The German- American actress, whose beauty, jaw-dropping glamour, voice, aura of sophistication, and languid sensuality made her the world's most glamours film star ever. And I suspect we will never see the likes of it or her again...not even close. Happy Birthday to our beloved Marlene Dietrich.
