Three summer recipes from bloggers I love, three books set in France and Cornwall, and a week that held both grief and joy It has been a hard week. I mentioned last week that my niece’s father-in-law was in hospice, and he passed away on Wednesday. The strange part about it, about any of it,…
Double digit summer arrives early, three-day-old baby birds in the porch wreath, and a beach read worth packing for every summer trip ahead Happy summer, friends. I hope you had a lovely weekend celebrating your father. My dad does not live close but we had a lovely phone call as we do every Sunday, and…
Three savory recipes for the grill and garden, three books for the nightstand, and ten things from the internet worth your time. It’s Friday and I could not be happier. I am exhausted. I love having guests, especially my mom, but truth be told, in my daily life I am not “running” from morning till…
A 99-degree Friday, a graduation that restored my hope, and a book about a woman who got out of the car and walked away. How was your weekend? Were you glued to the World Cup games or the Knicks? If you are a Knicks fan, congratulations. After 53 years they finally have another trophy. Fifty-three…
Three summer recipes, three beach reads, and everything worth knowing this week It is Friday and I am not going to pretend I have not been counting the days. We got home last week and I hit the ground running, as they say, though I am not sure anyone who says that has ever actually…
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…
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…
Four recipes for the long weekend, three books, and everything else I found this week It is Memorial Day weekend. How did that happen. One minute it was New Year’s Eve and now here we are at the unofficial start of summer, trying to remember where we put the citronella candles. The weather is not…
Gardens, France, a magical farm in upstate New York and a woman who books a flight to Lisbon on a whim — seven books I would hand you right now Spring makes me want to go somewhere. Not necessarily on a plane, though that is nice too, but somewhere. Into a Tuscan courtyard. A French…
Three recipes from bloggers I love, three books for the weekend, and everything worth reading this week Friday, I love you. I know a lot of people have a thing for Saturday, but Friday is mine. There is something about the feeling of it, the week unwinding, the house waiting to be set right, and…
From Richard Scarry to Viktor Frankl to a bookshop in Scotland — a lifetime of reading, what it has given me, and the books I would press into your hands right now. Books are my windows to the world. They have been since I was small enough to sit pressed against my brother and my…
A cold, gray, perfect weekend, the Kentucky Derby, dachshunds who will not go out in the rain, and a story about the great green room Saturday morning the weather app said 47 degrees. It was gray and drizzling. By some miracle it stayed that way all day, and I loved every minute. I am not…
