Month: September 2026
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Tucking Things Together
I am constantly arriving at the very moment I leave behind. Each moment—a year in seconds, a day held deeply in our foundation. Or sometimes, a single day freeze-frames and becomes who we are. When I was younger, I was…
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Aurevoir Cousin Alma and Mike
Every minute, no every second of these last 18 days, I have enjoyed your company. Certainly, the house is going to feel empty without you two xxx
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Looking Outside the Louvre
Life has been captured in paint, carved from stone, cast in bronze, and passed from one generation to the next. Every canvas, every sculpture, every weathered surface beckons to hold a fragment of who we were—a love, a loss, a…
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Seek Goodness
Be the eyes that see, the voice that speaks.the movement that inspires, the listener who truly hears.Be the catalyst that transforms awareness into action. Whatever source of energy we carry—whether a spark or burning passion use it. Draw upon compassion…
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Brocanting Isn’t a Word, I Made it Up.
Lunch after “Brocanting”Brocante is a French word for an upscale flea market, and some brocantes border on antique markets. I borrowed the word and turned it into an English verb—brocanting—to describe spending the day wandering through brocantes, hunting for unique…
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Sunday Antiquing
Some of the antiques that caught my eye. Their value isn’t what drew me in. They may be rare or common, expensive or inexpensive, practical or completely impractical. I may not need them, and I may not even want to…
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