4th of July island love

What’s not to love about the quintessential Nantucket 4th of July? Gorgeous weather — not too hot, not too cold; lobster for breakfast, lunch and dinner; those ubiquitous gorgeous blue hydrangeas

No Mo Mowing!

I am 100% on board with the no-mow lawn concept. It is completely ironic that we spend tons of money and time on sod and on fertilizer and on sprinkling systems for the sod just to get grass to grow so we can (usually) pay somebody else to come and cut it every week or so all summer long.

Lost in a really good book? Well, it’s been a while….

I love a good book. In the winter, nothing beats curling up on the couch next to the fireplace with the dog in my lap and reading a really good book.In the summer, the drill is reading on the screened porch at night while listening to…

Not just the top layer

I spilled some protein shake down into my gym bag and the smell finally got so bad I had to dump all the contents and clean things up. It was really manky!

I am a very organized person. In fact, I do personal organizing professionally for total strangers who want…

Keep calm and love Texas

I just got back from four days in Texas — flew down and met up with a friend from St. Louis. We spent the first day in Austin just exploring and visiting a great friend of ours who has just moved to Austin. The rest of the trip was in Hunt, which is smack in the middle of the hill…

Tis the season!

I have been traveling a LOT lately — this past weekend was my first weekend in town for seven weeks. While I LOVE to travel and have been doing some fun stuff — welding classes, glass torch classes, visits to Palm Springs, Mexico, Chicago, Austin and Texas Hill Country, it is REALLY great to be home…

Halloween

I love Halloween — actually I love the month of October and Halloween is in October, so there.

The neighborhood we live now appears to be very keen on the holiday as well. I have seen some really great stuff up and down the street while out walking the dog.

No sellouts here…..

My youngest son is a ceramics student pursuing a BFA; he just finished up his second year at Alfred Univ in upstate NY, the mecca for all things ceramics. I have always appreciated what my son is able to create — he is quite talented and artistic, but remember this is his mother speaking. Of…

Keep calm and love Texas

Oh yes — I forgot — one recurring theme of discussion during the aforementioned Texas weekend was:

What is your ZOMBIE plan????