Jan 6, 2023 | 30 Days of Joy
(Thanks to my friend, the amazing photographer Julie Williams Dixon, for this photo of me taken at our Wise Women— aka high school friends—gathering in April. “Nurturing friendships” deserves a place at the top of this list every year.) HOW GRATIFYING it...
Jan 4, 2023 | 30 Days of Joy
IN 1999 I BEGAN a practice of spending the month of January working through Laura Tremaine’s 10 Questions for the End of the Year. At the time I bought a new Leuchtturm1917 Journal just for that purpose, and just as I’d hope, it gives me joy and...
Dec 31, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I’VE WRITTEN OF THIS before, still this holiday season there were so many requests for my Chex Party Mix (per the methodology of my mother, Posey Rigg, but with my own touches), I thought it might be helpful to post my updated recipe here. I will tell you it is...
Dec 30, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
WE HAD THE GRAND FORTUNE to be at home this Christmas, in particular since that meant Tim’s sister, Colette, and her husband, Gary, came to be with us. I adore them so this is always a joy. This time it was even more special since we’d traveled with them...
Dec 26, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
We had our coffee in the sunroom this morning, enjoying a slow, quiet start to this first day after Christmas. We’d been chatting a while, Colette and Sam and I, when I looked down to see this. A promise fulfilled. My oh my, I thought. What a lovely—and...
Dec 25, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I had the incredible fortune to visit the Holy Land this summer, and that remarkable trip included a remarkable day in Bethlehem. Along with our guide we stood at a distance overlooking the town and the broad, rolling valley below, and she pointed out where the...
