A lemon dessert bar that you will love, an eyelet tunic for spring, three books and a snake. It is going to be a warm weekend here — the kind of warm that feels like a tease of things to come. High seventies today and almost eighty tomorrow. My containers are looking sad and I…
Real drinking chocolate changed my life in Paris at sixteen. Here is my three ingredient recipe, decades in the making and finally exactly right. Here’s my recipe — three ingredients and decades in the making. If you have been following along here you already know that my morning begins with a cup of drinking chocolate….
My morning ritual after 50 isn’t elaborate. It’s hot chocolate, a grateful heart, a wren in the wreath and a few minutes that belong entirely to me. Good morning friends. Can we talk about mornings? Some people call it a morning routine. I call it a ritual — because for me that is exactly what…
This caramelized onion and cauliflower soup is rich, velvety, and flavorful — no cream required. An easy, cozy recipe for lunch or dinner. There are soups you make when you’re hungry, and then there are soups you make when you want something a little more special. This caramelized onion and cauliflower soup is firmly in…
Cocktails with a girlfriend, a catch-up with my sister, a lazy Sunday and a weekend spent inside beautiful houses — real and fictional. March seems to have arrived while I wasn’t looking. Perhaps I have been too focused on holding onto winter. I woke up on Sunday morning and the light through the bedroom windows…
Designer Sean Leffers collected home, an extraordinary film, life lessons~Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. This morning I woke up early and sat by the fire until the sun came up. Then I snuck back into bed for a Saturday morning lie in with a book, a pile of magazines  and a cup of chocolate….
Three easy pasta dishes, my favorite chocolate pudding, a wonderful memoir and cookbook, a colorful Spring outfit and links worth a second cup of coffee. Friday, I have been counting the days until today. It has been another long week working behind the scenes on the blog and my social media platforms. As I mentioned…
March is complicated. I love winter and I’m not ready to let it go. But something about this month is impossible to ignore. March, it is not quite one season or the other — it is the in-between. Some days the sun is warm and the temperatures are unseasonably high, other days the morning air…
Your kitchen is about to smell insane. This no-yeast chocolate bread delivers fudgy texture and intense chocolate flavor in under an hour. Need a chocolate fix but don’t feel like brownies or a chocolate snack cake? Why not try this scrumptious double chocolate bread? A quick bread to some, a chocolate loaf cake to others,…
Reflections on midlife living, a new book, and everyday inspiration in this week’s Monday Musings on Pinecones & Acorns. Monday Musings In today’s Monday Musings, I’m sharing a few reflections from the weekend—things I’ve been thinking about, reading, and noticing in this season of midlife. This post is part of my ongoing series where I…
Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 Silent Sunday No. 662 Good morning friends, I hope that you are having a lovely weekend. Don’t forget the Olympic closing ceremonies are today. I will see you tomorrow for Monday Musings. If you…
Girl Scout Cookies, Casa Fornasetti, Vanessa Perdriau, and more on Weekend Meanderings. Weekend Meanderings Good Saturday morning friends. It’s time for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. Join us as we share all of the things that piqued our interests and caught our eye this week. It was 77 yesterday and the signs of spring…
