Springtime at Home {Ithilien House}
Here at our house, the most striking evidence of how the world has changed is in the garden. It would have been relatively empty this…
Small Book of Beauties
It was an extravagance, and I knew it. I passed this small journal in a favorite bookshop for months, stopping to admire it a few…
Saturday Afternoon Tea: Lenten Leap Day
On Ash Wednesday, the girls and I slipped into the darkened sanctuary of a church not our own. We shed our coats in a swath…
Laughter: A Mother’s Simple Benediction
Someday you may not remember this stage of your lives, my daughters, in which you begin every day with a peal of laughter. I can…
A New Online Home
Dear friends, After a quiet week of breaking ground and making adjustments with Y’s help, I’ve moved my writing quarters to this new site. (I’m delighted…