A weather correction, a manicure problem, the story of Rose Valland and a Parisian apartment I watched twice. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I owe the weather desk a…
The garden center got me again, five women who changed the world without being thanked for it, and I cannot contain myself about the new Monty Don show. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I…
Spring has arrived, the containers are ready and I found three books that are going straight to the top of the list This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I have…
April means peonies, Easter, open windows and the particular pleasure of a spring afternoon with a good book. Here is what the month looks like from here. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn…
The classic French carrot salad I have been eating in Paris for thirty years — a bistro staple that takes minutes to make and tastes like somewhere else entirely. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate…
You have been taking care of everyone else for a very long time. Here is your permission slip to take care of yourself — starting today. I want to talk about something that does not get said nearly often enough to women over 50. You have earned this. Not someday. Not once the last thing…
Four days of sunshine, sneezing and something new coming up out of the ground every morning. I looked out the back door Sunday morning and there they were. Four peonies, unfurling themselves out of the pine straw as if they could not wait to put on their yearly show. Every single day now something new…
Throwing in the towel on the circle, two films worth watching and a weekend that has cocktails, bikes and absolutely nothing on the schedule I am throwing in the towel on the circle. Five years. Five years of planting, hoping, watching things bloom beautifully for exactly two months and then finding out the deer consider…
Is it spring? Is it winter? According to the Pinecones & Acorns weather desk, it is officially neither. This week we had overnight temperatures in the high twenties and thirties and then climbed into the seventies by afternoon. I left the house in a parka and came home after lunch in a t-shirt. I think…
Warmly spiced, perfectly moist, and finished with the best cream cheese frosting you have ever tasted. This is the carrot cake that converts. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If…
How to Decorate Like a Collector and Why I’ll Never Be a Minimalist This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My home is layered, collected and completely intentional. It is my…
How a thirty-minute walk changed my afternoons — and why it matters more after 50. I made a decision earlier this year that sounds almost embarrassingly simple. I decided to go for an afternoon walk. Not a long walk. Not an afternoon walk for mental health with a route planned, a podcast loaded and a…
