Monday musings

  • Monday Musings No. 90

    A weekend update, The Chef’s Secret, a Cotswolds Walk, Fall Fashion for women over 50 and lots more on Monday musings.  MONDAY MUSINGS Good morning friends, how was your weekend? I had a great weekend at home, most of which was spent in the kitchen. I roasted vegetables, made soup, baked  bread and brownies and thumbed through my…

  • Monday Musings No. 89

    A weekend update, The Invisible Hour, a grand Cornwall manor house, and so much more on Monday musings. MONDAY MUSINGS Good morning friends, how was your weekend? It is September 11, hard to believe it has been 22 years since the world changed over night. All these years later I know exactly where I was…

  • Monday Musings No. 87

    A weekend update, American Viscountess, The Four Mrs. Bradwells, Fall Fashion and more on Monday Musings.  Monday Musings It’s Monday! How was your weekend? Ours was busy, and hot and thankfully rainy. Friday we realized our irrigation wasn’t working. After an emergency call and a ridiculous amount of money later the yard finally got watered….

  • Monday Musings No.86

    A weekend update, The Homecoming, Mar Jennings’ gorgeous Connecticut home, Fall finds and more.  It’s Monday! How was your weekend? Ours was hot and quiet. There was a little fun, a little work and a little down time. Friday and Saturday we worked on the floors, as I mentioned last week it is our first major…

  • Monday Musings No. 85

    A weekend update, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley, Château de Roquetaillade, Fall Finds and more on Monday Musings.   Good morning friends, how was your weekend? We had a pretty boring weekend if I am honest. We never left the house. First off, it was too hot and we really didn’t feel like doing anything….

  • Monday Musings No. 84

    A weekend update, The Little Paris Bookshop,  Bettie Bearden Pardee, cosy Fall finds from Terrian and more.  MONDAY MUSINGS NO. 84 Good Monday Morning Musings friends! How was your weekend? Are you kids and grandkids headed back to school? Today many of the parochial schools start back, but the public schools have another 2 weeks….

  • Monday Musings No. 83

    French Sole founder Jane Winkworths’ English Country Home, Kate Forester beach read, early Fall finds and more on Monday Musings No. 83. MONDAY MUSINGS NO. 83 Good Monday Morning Musings friends! How was your weekend? What did you do? It was a busy and productive weekend at home for the most part. We worked in the yard,…

  • Monday Musings No. 82

    World on Fire, a WWII miniseries, a book for Francophiles and lots more on Monday Musings.  Good morning friends! Happy Monday. How was your weekend? I hope it was relaxing, restful and that you food a little respite from the heat. We had a nice uneventful weekend. Friday we spent a little time at the…

  • Monday Musings No. 81

    A Very British Summer, Good Night, Irene, Nordstrom Anniversary Sale picks and lots more on Monday Musings. MONDAY MUSINGS NO. 81 Good morning friends! Happy Monday. How was your weekend? It was another hot and humid weekend and about this time I start thinking of Fall. Anyone else? It could be that or the fact…

  • Monday Musings No. 80

    The Kitchen Brigade, Amazon Prime Days, Gerald and Sara Murphy and munch more on Monday Musings. MONDAY MUSINGS NO. 80 Good morning friends! Happy Monday. How was your weekend? It was hot, humid and stormy. No where near as bad as NY and the Hudson Valley where they suffered terrible flash floods and damage. We…