This is not mine, but I love it. It comes under the heading of you can’t get what you want if you don’t know what you want…. A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village….
I started making new year’s resolution lists the year before we moved to Vermont. I wanted to live with intention here in this new country life we had chosen. And I knew from my business…
We grew up in a big wedding culture. John had a Catholic childhood complete with big bawdy beer soaked receptions with fried chicken and mostaccioli. I was from the Protestant side of town where we…
Lists are being revised around here. Yes yes it’s December 10th and most of the world has finished or at least reached the halfway mark of their Christmas shopping. At least it seems that way…
Twenty years ago was our first time. That year there were just three of us and the youngest of us was about three and a half. We took Benjamin to St Louis and we went…
Yesterday I met a 93 year old woman who is in fine health and has lived a wonderful life. She sat in a room surrounded by an extensive art collection. There was a Chagall and…
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love to cook and there is something especially wonderful about a long weekend dedicated to cooking old family recipes where a whole family’s traditions are summed up…
