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Current ArticlesThis feed's current articles are shown below. Subscribe for updates to all the content available in this feed, or click through here to see the original article.  Claire Sparkle sits on my lap while we read, one hand holding the book, the other finding my chin. She moves it back and forth. “Do you like wiggling my double chin?” I ask. “It’s soft,” she says, as if she were touching a bunny’s ear. She has no idea that I have spent years wishing away that part of... Read the whole entry... »
- What I Found at the Brocante While Sourcing for a Client
- The Dream
- Living with Antiques
- Little Brocante Find
- Brocante Eye Candy
  Old friends, dear friends—the kind of friends you may not see for a while, yet reconnect with from the very first breath. That is true friendship: the kind that lasts forever, weathers every season, and runs both deep and wide. Jennifer and I have been friends for over 30 years. She knows me so well. Isn’t it a wonderful thing to be... Read the whole entry... »
 I’ve been afraid of dogs my entire life— for no known reason— most animals, really. My friend Jennifer has loved dogs for as long as I’ve known her, and her chocolate Lab ( chocolate doesn’t that say it sweet) is calm, timid, impossibly gentle. She has slowly challenged my fear— sat by my feet or rested at my side. I reached... Read the whole entry... »
 Filoli is a grand country home and garden completed in 1917 for William Bowers Bourn II, whose world stretched from California mines to banks and reservoirs. Architect Willis Polk gave that ambition a graceful form. Bruce Porter gave it a landscape that continues to evolve more than a century later. Garden rooms unfold one after another.... Read the whole entry... »
 Home Bound
 2026-07-09 11:00 UTC by Corey
 I know I am going to be jet lagged- I always am. More to come when I can open my eyes. I am so happy xx 
 Life has felt full of wonderfully moments lately. And then… We learned that our dear friend was heading towards an unexpected difficulty, it became clear that gathering before I left mattered more than ever. I prepared a dinner that was fresh, abundant, and nourishing— food that would fill more than our plates. I hoped the evening... Read the whole entry... »
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