Janmaree and Suzanne: Gustav Klimt

JANMAREE and SUZANNE

THE BROWN BOOK: Tales from two women caught between two worlds

About us

Jan and Sue: Forged from a friendship spanning more than 15 years, the BROWN BOOK is a blog just for women, a celebration of all that is feminine, a place full of tales and musings about being in this world but belonging to another entirely. When we were much younger we would sit and talk for hours about secret loves & broken hearts, of our dreams and what inspired us. We hope that through this blog we can recapture some of those moments....for they were truly magical!

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- The Brown Book -

The first page from the original brown book - put together by Sue for Jan in 1995

Followers

Things my mother taught me

priceless teachings passed from a mother to a daughter

Inspirational women

Anita Roddick
Annie Proulx
Audrey Hepburn
Dorothy Porter
Florence Nightingale
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Juliette Binoche
Mother Teresa
Quentin Bryce

Great women from art, literature & myth

A Few of My Favourite Things...

a collection of posts celebrating favourite things

Love Letters

beautiful love letters written through time {photo Yvette Inufio}

Audrey Hepburn

"for beautiful eyes, look for the good in others, for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

Helena Rubinstein

"There are no ugly women, just lazy ones."

Henry David Thoreau

“The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched”

Ada Leverson

"You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter."

Coco Chanel

"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different"

"Feelings are everywhere...be gentle" {photo Yvette Inufio}

Coco Chanel on "perfume"

"it is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival & prolongs your departure"

A proverb

One who plants a garden plants happiness

Kahlil Gibran

“We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.”

Aristotle

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

Elsa Sciaparelli

"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness"

Coco Chanel

"The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you"

A Proverb

Hold a true friend with both hands

Mother Teresa

"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbour... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting."