One of the secrets to a happy life is, without a doubt, that feeling of fulfillment at the end of an ordinary day. As simple and obvious as this sounds, identifying whatever it is that makes us feel fulfilled is not necessarily easy. I also like to think that it can change or shift depending…
I love surrounding myself with an evolving collection of interesting resources, whatever the topic. After building a career in publishing that was not especially gratifying, I was on a quest to figure out how to build a work-life that would include my artistic self within a profession that offered a reliable means of support. Early…
I held on to the fantasy with a grip so tight nothing would separate us. My marriage may have been over but at least I had my home, which, in truth, was really the garden. My garden – that postage-stamp-sized patch that I’d cultivated into an urban oasis – was the true heart of my…
I am savoring the satisfaction of checking off an unfinished object from the list, reveling in the sense of completion. I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love the British drama import “Call the Midwife.” I catch up on back episodes on my laptop while chopping mountains of vegetables, now that I’ve re-embraced a…
Welcome to my new bathroom! Thanks to the straightforward DIY instructions in a recent West Elm catalog, walls that were once a neutral beige are no longer. Hello, fun factor! Here’s the how to do it yourself from West Elm: 1. Pick your palette. Choose three shades of one color. (I chose the two lightest…
So far so good with my new year’s commitment to finish all UFOs lurking in tote bags and hanging from door knobs. Only four more African flower hexagons to crochet. Once everyone is attached to one another, I can begin the border, which I am imagining to be about 12″ deep all around and done…
I had a little help during the … … sixteen-hour knitting marathon involved to get this blocked and wrapped for Christmas. and thoroughly enjoyed the making and gifting this year. Now I’m off to Vogue’s Knitting Live Event in NYC. Yipp-ee-i-ay! This is one of those things that’s been on my “List of Things to…
There’s nothing like having company over to motivate me to organize piles of books, discarded mail that needs shredding, fabric-waiting-for-a-project, and at this time of year, holiday catalogs that I feel as though I must look through at least once for fear of missing that great something. On the first Saturday every December a group…
I held her hand through the forty-five minute MRI scan of her brain and chest. We had not shared such extended proximity to one another in decades. That afternoon she had crumpled on the sidewalk outside the senior center. After refusing medical attention, she was eventually lured into the ambulance by my cousin, who lives…
