Treating summer like a kid again, a nephew graduating, family coming to town and a memoir about a woman who rebuilt everything from nothing First, thank you. The response to yesterday’s post, Is There a Manual, genuinely moved me. It is good to know I am not alone in my confusion about midlife and the…
I was a girl who actually got the information. And it still was not enough. Because nobody ever continued the conversation. I have been thinking about a manual. Not a medical textbook. Not a wellness program. A manual. The kind that comes in the box when you buy something complicated, written by someone who actually…
A week in NOLA with old friends, a circle update, three beautiful homes and a Suffolk garden that slept for forty years New Orleans, we loved you. And I am so happy to be home. We spent the week in NOLA on our annual trip with six of Bill’s grade school and high school friends,…
Summer recipes worth making, three books for the nightstand, and everything else I found this week Friday is my favorite day of the week. I know plenty of people who would argue for Saturday, and I understand, but Friday has always held something for me that Saturday cannot quite replicate. I wake up with a…
Three ingredients, no machine, and a childhood memory in every scoop. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. I have been saying that since I was a child, and I mean it with all my heart every single summer. There is something about the heat that makes me single-minded. Ice cream. That…
A chill in the air on a late May morning, a baby deer who did not get the memo, and a memoir about moving to southern France and getting it completely wrong at first And just like that, it is June. Some months crawl. Some months vanish. May tends to do both at once, all…
Life is what happens while you are busy fortifying the circle, Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds, two Australians worth knowing and a new film from Cedric Klapisch You know the old saying. Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. Note: The photo above is not my circle, it is inspiration. I…
Three recipes worth making, three books for the garden and beyond, and everything else I found this week Finally. After what felt like weeks of rain, the sun came out and with it a crew, a pile of stone, and actual progress on the circle. They laid the new border, planted everything, and made a…
“What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.” — James Russell Lowell Lowell had it exactly right. There is a particular feeling to the first day of June that nothing else in the year quite matches. Something shifts, in the air, in the pace of things. The pool…
On paddle boards and pool days, short trips, the tomatoes, and the magnificent knowledge that fall is coming I am going to be honest with you right from the start, which is the only way I know how to do things. Summer is not my favorite season. There. I said it. On a lifestyle blog….
A few things I wish someone had handed me, and what I am telling them now There is a particular kind of pride that fills your whole chest. Not loud. Quiet, the way it settles in before you even know it is there. I will feel it twice this spring. My grandson crossing one threshold,…
A four-day weekend, the trees are down and what they found inside the big one, the landscaping starts Tuesday, and a full week of beautiful things to share I love a four-day weekend. Before we get to the good things, though, a small reminder: Memorial Day is just that, a day to remember. All of…
