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. 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…
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…
It was still dark outside when the first chirp came. Then another. Then another. Bill never moved. The pups never moved. It was just me and the birds, and apparently we had all decided — or they had decided and informed me — that it was time to begin the day. Did you know there…
Cold weather, Outrageous Brownies and the particular joy of a Sunday with nowhere to be. What a difference a week makes. Last week I was complaining about seventy-eight degrees in March and this week the cold is back. Overnight temperatures in the thirties for the next few days. Yippee — and I mean that sincerely….
A first butterfly, a nervous thunderstorm, three books I cannot stop thinking about and the recipes I am making this weekend. Friday Favorites is 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 from qualifying…
