Hope Lives
"Hope for the future is at the heart of all gardening." - unknown A couple of winters ago I was lamenting to my daughter-in-law how I am not a good houseplant person. "I can grow wonderful gardens outside but inside,…
Room to Call Our Own
“What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden and it's not... it's what makes you great.” — Emma Stone The Painted Mill, the Farmhouse Design District and the Vintage Tin Can in Fallston, MD are my browsing havens.…
Weathering Storms
Isn't it funny how our overthinking leads to paralysis by analysis? And how dwelling on the negative only adds to misery? Case in point: February in the mid-Atlantic States has brought us quite a few rainy, windy days in a…
Nix Complicated, Mix Easy
Don't ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure. ~ Joe Maddon I've been thinking back to my days of being a new mother. Until I adjusted to the parenting thing, sometimes I felt overwhelming pressure to keep the same rigorous…
Beautiful Neighborhoods
Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people. ~ Fred Rogers When my twin sister visited before Christmas, the punk weather had us running between…
Candid Discussions
In the days leading up to Christmas, my twin sister came for a visit to check out my new "hood." Admittedly, as young people both of us had gotten the wrong impression of the town in which I am now…
Crowning Event: A Fulfilling Weekend
Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got. ~ Unknown Welcome back to the last posting in this blog series entitled Terms of Fulfillment. After living far, far away from family for nearly forty years being able…
More than Cozy Socks
The temperatures have dropped, and Old Man Winter or Mother Nature, which ever term you prefer to use, is baring down on us. For the next few months, our days will be filled with more indoor living and less outside…
Indulging Oneself
I hesitate to post this blog because I do not want to appear to be too self-indulgent. Believe it or not, sometimes I deny myself pleasures, definitely not because I feel I am unworthy but because I like having simple…
Sunny Outlook
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” ― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living In this last quarter of the year, I'm…