Eventually It All Gets Done
I have often have to remind myself that eventually, it all gets done. Such as sewing that button onto my son's polo shirt. It's an old Lacoste he inherited from [...]
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Jun, 2015
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Jun, 2015
My Recipe for a Perfect Porch Day in Bella Grace Magazine
You might remember my blog post from last summer, Recipe for a Perfect Day on the Porch. Well, I'm happy to announce that it made it into the summer issue [...]
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Dec, 2014
Farewell to an Old Pot
Why, I ask myself, is it so hard to say good-bye to an old pot? I know why, actually, but I still keep mulling over it because it strikes me [...]
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Oct, 2014
Hemingway Birthplace Home Video Tour
For my students who missed class at the Hemingway House and all my blog readers, here's a little video tour of my writer-in-residence studio in the attic, the attic itself, [...]
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Aug, 2014
Bella Grace Blog Hop: Recipe for a Perfect Day on the Porch
The capturing of this recipe was inspired by Bella Grace and is my contribution to the Bella Grace Blog Hop. Essential: 1 porch 1 summer day, temperatures in the 70s, [...]
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Apr, 2014
When Guests Come…
...you clean up. It's really one of the great benefits of having overnight guests or even just throwing a party: Suddenly you're compelled to tackle all those "construction sites" around [...]
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Aug, 2013
Everything in Its Place
Pantry contents relocated to our dining room table Going through the experience of having our entire apartment painted in a week, one thing struck me especially amidst all the chaos [...]
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Aug, 2013
A Beloved Doll
While putting our home back together after having all the walls painted, I got into a major cleaning frenzy. It is amazing how much dust you see once you start removing [...]
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Aug, 2013
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Aug, 2013
Weekend Breakfast
Our typical weekend breakfast - French toast (or pancakes) served on the porch in the summer. Goes somewhat with today's August Break topic of taste, because that French toast tastes [...]
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Aug, 2013
A Double Yellow
Today's August Break theme is "yellow" and so here is a double yellow for you - a yellow bowl and bananas. This bowl always sits on our kitchen counter, usually to [...]
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Jul, 2013
My Grandparents’ House
The latest photo of my grandparents' former house, taken by me on my last visit in June 2009. My essay 'Thrown Out' of the Family Home was published in [...]
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Jun, 2013
Jacket Friends
When I was taking Susannah Conway's Unraveling class earlier this year, one assignment was to photograph our favorite things. I felt I'd be remiss if I didn't include these two [...]
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Jun, 2013
Art on the Wall
I've never quite understood decoraters' advice to cover bare walls by hunting for art at flea markets, poster shops or online art stores, but perhaps I am just lucky: All [...]
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Jun, 2013
A Teacup Chandelier
This quirky decoration caught my eye in the window of the Café on Main in Ottawa, Illinois, where my friend Barbara and I stopped for lunch on our way to [...]
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Mar, 2013
The Writing on the Wall
"Mom vandalized the wall!" - that was my son's first reaction upon seeing my word of the year written on our living room wall. "Hey, there's a word on the wall!" - "Does [...]
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Feb, 2013
A Yearbook
The beginnings of my 2013 yearbook - with photos from a New York Knicks game and various playbills In my efforts to reclaim my desk and get rid of some [...]
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Jan, 2013
What’s Left of a Friendship
In my current quest to get stuff done around the house, I hung up this crystal again. For years it hung in the southern sun porch window, and the kids [...]
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Dec, 2012
Between the Years: Home Organizing
Yesterday I spent pretty much the whole day clearing a particularly irksome pile of paperwork. It was a project I had begun two months ago, using Gretchen Rubin's "suffer for [...]
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Dec, 2012
Between the Years: Reclaiming the Desk
Greetings from my desk, where I am looking out on this wintery scene today while tackling some long overdue paperwork. Despite the chill outside, it's cozy here with a hot [...]
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Dec, 2012
Saying Good-Bye to an Old Keepsake
The tattered but intact side of my shopping bag from the Ludwig II Musical In the course of my current home organizing activities (more on that soon!), I installed a hook on [...]
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