In a few weeks my parents will say good-bye to the antique red house surrounded by woods and fields that has…
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hearth & home
So much of our lives are spent tending, cleaning, cooking, nurturing. Finding the sacred in the everyday turns out to be a path not only to mindfulness, but to contentment as well. Here are some favorite recipes, a few homemaking ah-has, and reflections on the quiet pleasures of ordinary days. Read more about what Hearth & Home means to me, or browse the archive below.
downsizing, 10 things my mom taught me
dear old(er):
my best apple cake
and the beauty of lying fallow
This is the fourth in a series of letters between me and my friend, author Margaret Roach, on the challenges…
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the shape of a year
and a book to win
It’s snowing again, for the third time in a week. In New England, and certainly here in our part of…
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spark joy
(and my go-to holiday recipes)
When our sons were young, there was no holding off Christmas. Henry, born December 18, absorbed holiday melodies in the…
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Buvette–food to love & a cookbook to win
Summer, thirty-five years ago. I was nineteen — ripe for adventure, ready to be inspired, in love for the first…
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Paradise in Plain Sight (and a give-away)
Come see the garden,” my new online friend said to me, years ago. We had never met, barely knew each…
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