During a spring bridal season when I was a young wife, I was captivated by a jewelry store display of dining tables which dotted their showroom floor for a few weeks. I was…

This is Guerlain’s latest creation of their Lily of the Valley limited edition perfume. The price tag is $750 if you want to try it. Apparently, Guerlain is known for the “cleanest” muguet…

There’ll be bluebirds overThe white cliffs of DoverTomorrow, just you wait and see The shepherd will tend his sheepThe valley will bloom againAnd Jimmy will go to sleepIn his own little room again…

As a single mother, I learned to bloom where I was planted. Even though it was a house I wanted for my daughter and I, I made homes out of all the places…

I rarely see dolls anymore.  It seems that the days little girls carried around their favorite dolly with them are long-gone.  The unscientific parallel I would draw is that children are too busy…

Our model doesn’t have her mittens on but I think she’s cold – as cold as I am this Mock-Spring.  Mock-Spring is my name for the very long weeks of March, April, and…

March is loaded with sand.  It blows into the sidewalk gullies and is then swept across the streets in dusty rivulets.  At our elementary school, sand and salt from the snow plows was…

One hundred books from my shelves have been donated in the last two months.  A few years ago, I was bursting with pride when I let go of a mere 17 so the…

I once sent a co-worker to my blog.  The next day she said, “Oh I read your blog.  I didn’t get it”.  I’m still laughing at her blunt honesty.  My blog and probably…

For me, Christmas ends on January 6th, which is Epiphany and the day my daughter was born.  It is only then that the leftover ribbons and papers are put away as well as…

Try it on for  sighs…and those sighs would be from Mom and Dad.  This winsome ad captured my imagination when I first saw it a few years ago.  It’s from a British publication…

This is a charming illustration from artist Eloise Wilkin whose images can be found in hundreds of children’s books including many of the famous Little Golden Books.  I think she was especially adept…