When I glimpse my last post, with all those pretty pink houses, I feel a twinge of guilt. I do love the charming houses of Char...

Last week, with snow still in my yard, I took a quick trip  to Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. I'm showin...

When I got off the plane in Florida it was like walking outside after a matinee movie. Bright and startling, an altered universe fr...

Hello friends. I'm reading a marvelous book, H is for Hawk , by Helen MacDonald. It's "one part grief memoir, one par...

I made a recent bittersweet visit to Brooklyn during which my dear father-in-law died. From 2006-2010 I experienced th...

We are climbing the walls around here, so it was nice to escape to the Catskills for a weekend. There's plenty of snow ...

For me, coping with the winter blues requires big books,  cats, tea and grilled cheese sandwiches.  When that doesn't wor...