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…
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…
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…
As many of you know from my posts last week, my stepfather Gary passed away, and I have been sharing and navigating that here on the blog. If you missed those posts, you can read A Life Well Lived and Liminality: The In-Between. Grief does not keep a schedule. Your world stops, but the world…
Two films, an English river cottage, and why I am waiting for the light Good morning, friends. It is time for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. Join us as we share all the things that caught our eye and piqued our interest this week. Is it just me, or does anyone else get something…
Recipes for the table, three books worth clearing your schedule for, and a few things making this last stretch of summer better. Summer is slowly winding down, although you would not know it from the weather. This week, sitting on the porch after my morning walk, I heard a school bus rumbling down the road…
What a pair of twin fawns, a rogue Michelin-star chef, and a Georgian manor in Ireland have taught me about paying attention. I am not sure what it is exactly. Maybe it is because I leave my phone in my pocket and skip the podcast. Maybe it is because the world has not fully woken…
Films, house tours, fashion, and a weekend that arrived just in time Is it just me, or does Friday afternoon feel like the first real breath of the week? Not because the week has been impossible or my schedule has been impossible to manage, but just because. Yesterday arrived and something in me unclenched. I…
Recipes for hot days, three books worth your time, and a few things making this week better. There is something about a fresh haircut and color that puts a spring in your step, and I will be the first to admit I am always a little trepidatious walking in. My stylist has a talent for…
First BLTs of the season, a thatched cottage in Dorset, and a novel about two sisters in two different versions of the same Ireland. The farmers market was full of everything that makes a summer Saturday worth leaving the house for: flowers, eggs, fat tomatoes, baked goods that required serious self-restraint. No cinnamon rolls this…
