The spring salad that comes together in ten minutes and tastes like you spent all afternoon on it. Most of us know asparagus two ways. Roasted or steamed, on a dinner plate, sometime between March and May when asparagus season arrives and bundles suddenly appear everywhere you look. It shows up, we enjoy it, and…
The best Spring bucket list ideas to enjoy the season, enjoy some outdoor activities and savor the warm weather. Spring Bucket List The beauty of spring is that it is the season of renewal, new beginning and possibilities. After a long winter we are ready to embrace sunny days, warm weather, fresh air(pollen free) and…
Midlife self discovery is not about reinventing yourself. It is about remembering who you always were. You are still you — you just have to remember. Midlife did not change me. It reminded me. Here is what remembering yourself actually looks like after 50. Nobody warns you that midlife arrives quietly. And nobody warns you…
The clocks sprang ahead, my knee had other plans and I have been on the sofa with a gel pack and a very good book. Come sit with me. Yesterday was my least favourite day of the year. The clocks sprang ahead an hour and just like that, daylight saving is back. I am a…
A pottery fest, a reluctant pool day, two stunning home tours and the green pieces I am loving this spring. Come sit with me. Can I be honest? It is March and it is seventy-eight degrees. Yesterday the same. I do not like it. Summer is so long in the South that this feels too…
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…
