Love Notes

I hope you can bear with me for one last romp around my Tuscany trip.  For your infinite patience, I'm hoping you might be rewarded with a few useful travel tips, most of which have taken me a half century to discern.  READ MORE

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How is it possibly Labo(u)r Day?   Shakespeare knows, "Summer's lease hath all too short a date."  

As we begin to enter the slow windy curve which chauffeurs us into fall, I think at least some of us are excited - soon we can wear boots and cashmere sweaters on a daily basis!    Scents of the harvest will beckon from the kitchen - roasted delicata squash, baked apples and hearty autumn soups.   Evenings by the fire pit await, along with crisp nights sleeping with the windows wide open.    READ MORE

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Chester (the famous shopping dog) and I have been enjoying some beautiful Fall walks, but I have to admit, I would be happy as a clam if this stretch of Montauk highway was along our route. Aren't the colors sublime? The photo behaves like a master painting, drawing the eye in. READ MORE

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Wow, what a whirlwind of a week!   Thank you for all of your kind hearted birthday wishes and fabulous orders.   The studio is a merry hive of buzzing activity - we are still shipping orders from last week, your patience is greatly appreciated!  Today we have some new pearl & gold earring drops, as well as some marvelous finds to put you in the harvest mood.   READ MORE

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Have you read David McCollough's Mornings on Horseback?   A winner of the National Book Award, this biography explores the life of young Teddy Roosevelt, from childhood to early manhood.   The vigorous outdoor life was the one for "Teedie".    How he came to it is more fascinating still.  READ MORE

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