A cooler Saturday morning, a broken closet bar, a Dublin home tour, and a man who has lived alone in the Scottish Highlands for forty years It is Saturday morning and I am having a lie in. I had every intention of getting up and walking (it is cooler this morning than it has been,…
 Butternut squash recipes, cider pot roast, three great reads, and the articles I can’t stop thinking about Life lately has been…a lot. I have to be honest, it is hard to show up here every day and know what to say because it feels like lately there has been a series of life changing events…
The small, repeatable things that make the autumnal equinox and the whole season feel like yours Every year it comes as a small surprise, this feeling, even though it arrives the same way every time. The temperature has not changed. But the light has, just barely. A tilt in the late afternoon that was not…
Five minutes, six spices, and a blend that actually tastes like fall. Last Thanksgiving I was in charge of the pumpkin pie. My brother was in charge of the pumpkin cake. We are both warm-spice people, or so I thought. I added more cloves than the recipe called for, which is what I always do,…
A wild storm, a pumpkin candle already lit, Christmas in September, and a Paris novel I could not put down. It is Labor Day, summer last hurrah. The pumpkin candle is already lit and I have zero regrets. The weekend was busy but fun, with a wild storm thrown into the mix. We had been…
A week of happy, sad, and everything in between, with Kim and Juliet Good morning, friends. It is time for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. Join us as we share all the things that piqued our interest this week. I won’t lie, this past week has been all over the place. We celebrated my…
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Comfort recipes, three fall reads, and a few good things as summer turns the corner It has been a week. A long, heavy one, and I will share more when we talk on Weekend Meanderings. For now I am home, which is where I needed to be, and I am happy to be back. Labor…
Moist, warmly spiced, and loaded with melty chocolate chips, the first pumpkin bread of every fall. September second and I am already in the kitchen with a can of pumpkin. Not because the temperature has dropped (it has not, this is North Carolina) but because the calendar said so. That is all the permission I…
Four house tours, two films worth watching, and fall finds from TJ Maxx Good morning, friends. It is Saturday. Pour a cup of coffee, tea or chocolate and sit for a spell. It has been a hard week. I am with my brother-in-law, who has Alzheimer’s, and caregiving at this level is something I have…
A creamy cheesecake filling, a buttery graham cracker crust, and a fresh blackberry swirl. Easy to make and better the next day. Blackberries have a brief window, by late August, the big beautiful clusters are still showing up at the farm stand and the grocery, but there is something in the air that says this…
September is not the end of anything. It is the beginning of everything I love. I have been waiting for this month since approximately the middle of July. Summer gave us the pool and the tomatoes and the fireflies and long evenings on the porch. I have said my goodbyes to it with a little…
The Seasonal Table with Cindy Every year around this time, I start getting a little antsy. The calendar still says August, the hydrangeas are still blooming, and the days are still hot and sunny. But inside, somewhere, I have already turned a corner. I am thinking about throws. I am thinking about the smell of…
