Love Notes

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

Jun 29, 2024 • #fourth #nantucket

Americana Pie 6/24/24

We know that we live in a much divided country. But maybe it's our right to be divided that should unite us. Today's note is about standing together to wave our grand old flag. Rooting for the underdog. Reaching for the stars. And with the Fourth of July fast upon us, how about remembering those long ago words,

"That we mutually pledge to each other,
Our Lives, Our Fortunes,
Our Sacred Honor."

Jul 06, 2023 • #fourth #nantucket

Simple Pleasures 7/3/23

Porch swings
Stopping at lemonade stands
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

This was going to be a short note about simple summer pleasures. Tomatoes. Old friends. Making a new friend. Reading aloud to a child. Fireflies. Someone told me they have a rule: always stop at lemonade stands. READ MORE

Jun 30, 2021 • #ceramics #fish #gardens #nantucket #Tablescape #Tablescapes

6/28/21 - Postcard from Nantucket

Lucky me spent last weekend visiting my fabulously talented friend Merrill Strange on Nantucket. When Merrill is not busy working on her beautiful hand painted ceramics, she likes to pack a walk, a bike ride, a swim and a tennis game into every day. I've never been so happy I don't play tennis - there is no way I could keep up. We walked, talked, rode bikes to Sconset (and to Surfside, Madaket and Steps beach), swam, drank a little wine, and ate a lot of delicious seafood and fresh strawberries. I called her Miraval Merrill.

Love Notes

Posts tagged: nantucket

Summer Loving Blues and Greens 7/1/24

Americana Pie 6/24/24

Simple Pleasures 7/3/23

6/28/21 - Postcard from Nantucket