Friends, I’ve been fighting summer…for many reasons. The heat is bothering me greatly (and my doctor told me the other day it may be because of a medicine I take). But it’s more…

My heart softens when Deborah Kerr in The King and I sings, “Hello Young Lovers” to a group of younger royal wives in the King of Siam’s court. She shares a photograph of…

Every summer, I pay a visit to one of my favorite books, Beauty from a Country Garden. It’s a slim tome with colorful and captivating illustrations by Catherine Kanner. The text, as well,…

How many times do we say “Bless you” to a stranger? Someone ahead of us in line at the market sneezes suddenly and we send forth our quick blessing which really means “Don’t…

Let’s study our little cutie with her pet frog. This image has always stirred tenderness in my soul…a charming bespectacled child, scarf tied in unruly hair, light spring coat and adorable prideful smile.…

“It’s the little things”, we often hear in life. I know this to be true as I am always surprised when my daughter mentions a favorite memory from childhood which were mostly ordinary…

In the film, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Miss Pettigrew begins as a shabby unemployed governess and ends up as a rarefied creature that lingers in the mind. Mostly the mind of…

Many YouTube accounts have been dropping some wonderful free movies of late and I was able to catch Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremount, a 2005 film I somehow missed when it was just…

A man once told me “I can’t keep my eyes off you”. But then he did.  Yet, the shiver remained. I am known for being defenseless against the phrases and words that men…

A blogger I used to follow was often chided about the number of books on her shelves. When someone asked her if she had read them all, she gave the perfect response: “What…

It can be had. For instance, if I sniffed the lovely Chinese bowl of natural potpourri that Sir John Everett Millais has created in his evocative painting,  “Pot Potpourri”, I’m sure I would…

Today is Epiphany which is the feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. Also known as “Little Christmas”, it is often thought to be the end of Christmas…