Oct 14, 2011 | Moments of Grace
I think this kitchen has gotten used to it, the dusky quiet that settles in this house come nightfall. It’s peaceful. Gentle, even—a rather nice way to ease out of days filled with too much work and too little time to get it done. I have adjusted, too, I...
Oct 12, 2011 | Moments of Grace
Who knew one little tweet could make your heart soar? But that’s just what happened to me, this afternoon. Here’s the tweet: As you can see, it is to me (@cathymonetti) from my hero, Maria Shriver (@mariashriver). She was...
Oct 10, 2011 | Moments of Grace
It was the kind of night you know will stay with you for a while, for a thousand different reasons. But the most significant is one I didn’t expect; a comment made so casually in a quick moment it might easily have gone unnoted; a fleeting bit of small talk...
Oct 1, 2011 | Moments of Grace
It was the perfect way to usher in my favorite month of the year. I had just spent a magical week in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, shooting a television campaign with a group of people who brought such laughter and joy to their work it left me feeling changed. I...
Sep 25, 2011 | Moments of Grace
This time last year I decided to give oil painting a try. So I wrangled a friend I thought would be interested, signed up for a class at City Art, then invested more money in a starter set of paints, brushes and canvases than I thought was fiscally possible. Turns out...
