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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...
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...
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.
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...
Muriel’s shop that we visit with our French la Vie groups is pure eye candy. The way she sets her jammed packed shop with intention and dedication to color and texture is delicious.