Musings

My love of linen

My love of linen

I have a deep love for linen.  I like how it moves, feels and breathes.  The look of a rumpled linen shirt affirms to me that the wearer cares about comfort and provenance.  Although the wrinkles would drive some crazy, I see the purity of […]

Knit and think

Knit and think

Pick up your knitting and release your thoughts to the rhythmic meditation of your needles.    

Cleaning and Clementines

Cleaning and Clementines

I am deep into a clean and purge mode.   Unessential stuff has to pass a very high sentimentality bar to remain in my household inventory. Consumables like clementines definitely stay as they are the perfect, compact, portable, sweet treat, and oh so, cheerful looking.  No […]

Remember to sit and think

Remember to sit and think

Remember to find time to sit and think

Slow Love-Dominique Browning

Slow Love-Dominique Browning

Are you in need of a book that will make you feel more at ease with the rumblings in your head, how to manage the difficulties of identity transitions that befell you through no fault of your own and to indulge in sublime writing that […]

Fresh starts

Fresh starts

There is something so absolutely cathartic about a fresh start-new notebooks, clean closets, found loves, job changes, relocation, untouched snow and pressed linen shirts-just to name a few- all represent the promise of something better to come.   A sense of renewal, opportunity and second chances […]

College decisions, a visit to Yale

College decisions, a visit to Yale

If I were to change just one decision in my life, it would be hard to determine what it would be.  As the season for college decisions has just about ended, I have reflected on that decision in particular and as proud as I am […]

More on Christmas trees

More on Christmas trees

there is an ongoing debate in some circles about fake vs. real christmas trees. well, those with fake trees often prefer that they are referred to as faux trees, but nonetheless they are fake. up until last year i always had a real tree. when […]