Oct 22, 2017 | ideas & inspiration
IT’S ONE OF THOSE TIMES that makes you realize you never really know the joy life will bring, one moment to the next. First there was the fact we had a slew friends staying with us in the mountains for the weekend. Then others were to arrive late Saturday...
Jul 19, 2017 | ideas & inspiration
Full-on summer is here with the South Carolina temperature soaring to nearly 100 degrees most every afternoon. It’s the kind of heat you can literally see in the air: your eyes hurt, your lungs burn, your spirit feels the proverbial finish line is way...
Feb 5, 2017 | ideas & inspiration
First, a confession*. I don’t actually need to be “saved” from the winter blues. I love this flat white season, finding that–quite the opposite–the quiet fills my soul, steadying me, somehow, for the crescendo of...
Jan 16, 2017 | ideas & inspiration
I’VE A THOUSAND RESOLUTIONS at the start of this new year, something I find thrilling. There’s nothing I love more than the chance to start again, to do it better, to make new commitments that add depth and beauty and enjoyment to life. ...
Oct 30, 2016 | ideas & inspiration
It’s one of those things you wonder how you made it a lifetime not knowing. ~~~~~~~~~~~ We’d come to the mountains for a long weekend just the day before, arriving late and promising that since it would be Saturday, we really were...
Oct 27, 2016 | ideas & inspiration
I REALLY DIDN’T HOLD OUT much hope, to tell you the truth. The commercials were on ad nauseam and the promotion seemed too much. It was like one of those films for which all the good moments are shown in the previews leaving nothing to delight...
