Carbonade Valdostana, honey lime enchiladas, a Southern ghost story, Nuremberg’s hidden women, and a Gilded Age novel to watch for Another week has gone by in what felt like a blink. My mom was visiting, and time always moves faster when she is here. Now she is home, and we are back to real life,…
On November arriving too fast, a surprise Halloween conversion, a fire with my mom, Skye McAlpine’s Christmas Companion, and autumn in Scotland It is November. How is it November? It feels like yesterday we were singing Auld Lang Syne, and now here we are with Thanksgiving around the corner, Christmas right behind it, and New…
Trunk or Treat, a New York collector’s apartment, Kaffe Fassett, Farrow and Ball color stories, Harris Tweed, and Scottish cashmere Good morning, friends. Happy Halloween. I will admit this is not my favorite holiday, and I think I know why. Growing up, the scariest thing in the neighborhood was an ethereal ghost made from a…
Chicken dumplings, pumpkin curry, two art-world mysteries, a Cotswolds bookshop romance, and a big week in Milwaukee I stayed up late Wednesday night to watch the Brewers win the World Series. I am not a sports fan as a general rule, but this is my hometown team, and I had a very personal reason to…
Skillet enchiladas, butternut squash pizza, three books worth your time, and a few links worth clicking The weather this week has been exactly what I want fall to be. Cool, crisp mornings where you actually need a jacket, sunny afternoons that manage to be warm without being hot, and evenings cool enough to sit around…
A heavy weekend watching France, a fire in the fireplace at home, a romance for fans of Addie LaRue, and an hour with Stephen Fry I have been watching scenes this weekend from my beloved France, specifically Limoges burning. On Saturday, at the end of a protest, a group of hooded rioters broke into the…
Dries Van Noten on collecting, Will Fisher’s Camberwell home, Mel Campion’s shell studio in Anglesey, and permission to put the tree up whenever you want Good morning, friends. I scrolled through Instagram this week and realized I am not the only one who has been called a nut for wanting the tree up early. Let…
Pumpkin lasagna, sheet pan chicken, three October reads, and a Stockholm home with a box bed Good morning, friends. Happy Friday. Is it still fall? The weather here has been so beautiful this week, warm and sunny more like a late spring afternoon than October. I am not complaining. The view from the porch stopped…
On a fall morning, an open door, and the photo I did not take Stop and smell the roses. It is a common saying, and obviously it is all about stopping, taking in the world, and enjoying the sights and sounds of nature and life. The golfer Walter Hagen is often credited with the sentiment…
Clodagh McKenna at Highclere Castle, Hay-on-Wye, London crafts, and a cosy autumn weekend Good morning, friends. Pumpkin soup, apple crisp, a cosy throw, a new book, and a comfy chair. That is my plan for tonight, and I will not apologize for a single minute of it. After a morning in the garage (yes, the…
On slow living in fall, and why you may be so tired Somewhere around the first week of October, a lot of us start asking the same question. Why am I so tired? Summer carried us along on a tide of barbecues, vacations, long days at the pool or the lake, and fun that we…
October means slippers before chocolate, pups running rug to rug, a weekend in the garage and a mystery novel I could not put down I do not know about you, but since the page turned to fall it feels like someone has quietly sped up the calendar. Halloween is around the corner, and after that…
