Love Notes

Sep 23, 2024 • #blue

Glimmers in Blue 9/16/24

All that glimmers is not gold. Sometimes it's blue (which happens to be the theme of today's note). Sometimes what glimmers is not even a color - it could be a sound (the opening notes of a your childhood best friend's favorite song), or a scent (a whiff of your mother's perfume). Glimmers are little surprise moments of joy. How about a baby smiling at you while in the grocery store line - that will always light me up. And here's the thing - the more you look for glimmers, the more you'll find them. So take a mental snapshot, and try to keep a glimmer file in your mind's eye. READ MORE

Jul 07, 2024 • #blue #Green #hydrangea #nantucket

Summer Loving Blues and Greens 7/1/24

My friend Merrill and I rode bikes out to Cisco last week, and this is the view that greeted us. I wish I had the photography skills to better capture the myriad shades of blues and greens emerging from the departing fog. Doesn't the little house on the left look like it belongs in a Nancy Meyers movie? What would the plot be ... hmm, how about this: Middle aged woman <still wears the same size jeans she did in college, and has the most perfect easy breezy hair style, despite the island's relentless humidity>, borrows a friend's Nantucket cottage for a weekend and ends up staying through to Christmas "to find herself". What do you suppose it is that our protagonist finds? Just how you answer that may tell you something about where you are in life. READ MORE

Mar 24, 2024 • #backgammon #beach #blue #boca grande #shells

The Voice of the Tides 3/4/24

This week, I'm thinking about water. Today, we are heading to Florida, where I'll be doing a trunk show at the Gasparilla Inn. I'm looking forward to some down time too, walking the beach and watching the waves. There's no sense in me searching for a good metaphor for that restorative feeling of being by the sea, because I know that you already know precisely what it is that I'm trying to say.

There's just so much good stuff to learn from the sea. You can skip reading right now, and go pick up Anne Morrow Lindbergh's "A Gift from the Sea". You'll be glad you did. But I've got a Love Note left here to create, so I guess I'll pick up my proverbial pencil and let my thoughts flow ... how about this (I have been giving it some thought all week) ... the ebb and flood of tides are a mirror of life. Rushing and receding. No phase lasting forever. READ MORE

Feb 16, 2024 • #blue #new york city #valentine

Out of the Blues 212/24

In last week's note, I shared that I was feeling a case of the blues. So many of you, dear readers, reached back to me with a tender word. How do I thank you? It was like a tall drink of water. I was talking with a friend about the beautiful outpouring from both friends and friends-whom-I-have-not-yet-met, and she posited that perhaps there is something empowering about dropping the facade. My friend likened it to Truman Capote's swans - all that energy expended in creating the perfect visage, whereas inner strength can most be found in seeing and owning one's true self, imperfections and all. READ MORE

Feb 16, 2024 • #blue #pink #valentine

In the Pink 2/4/24

Aaah what is it about some weeks? This one was not my week. The ugly beast of my insomnia raised its dragon head. The little things and a few big ones that didn't go my way seemed overwhelming. I know it helps to put the words down on paper (proverbially or preferably in an especially beautiful journal). I'm writing it down here, because I hope it might help just one of my dear readers to know you're not alone if you're having some mid winter blues, big or small. READ MORE

Love Notes

Posts tagged: blue

Glimmers in Blue 9/16/24

Summer Loving Blues and Greens 7/1/24

The Voice of the Tides 3/4/24

Out of the Blues 212/24

In the Pink 2/4/24