Love Notes

Jul 15, 2024 • #fourth #july #shells

Shell yeah

How was your weekend? Full of fresh watermelon and blueberries, I hope. With the Fourth now fully in our rear view mirror, we are officially in the throes of summer. Shell yeah (in this use, "yeah" is pronounced with a minimum of two syllables). Remember last January, when we were DREAMING about sultry summer days like this?

Last Thursday, July 4th, I had the unique privilege of bearing witness to 74 individuals as they turned THEIR DREAMS into reality. On the West Lawn of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, these 74 men and women from 36 countries took the oath of citizenship to become our newest fellow Americans. 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

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."

Jun 29, 2024 • #italy

Arrivederci Venice 6/16/24

Buongiorno!
I am feeling a little bit like Sybil of the multiple personalities this week. I'm writing about Venice this morning, while sipping coffee in the garden of the charming Christopher Inn on Martha's Vineyard. (We are here for a special wedding - the beautiful-inside-and-out daughter of dear dear friends.) My brain is swirling with Venetian treasures, while here sits a bevy of floral fun and inspiration from the beautiful nuptials of the past two weekends. Quite an embarrassment of riches! READ MORE

Jun 16, 2024 • #baby

Baby Steps 6/10/24

I'm back, but I'm off again to a beautiful wedding in Northern California. (More on this glorious affair next week). Sometimes life just hands you too much good stuff at once. I confess, I'm feeling a tad bit overwhelmed - behind in sooooo many work projects, while my house is a mess and my garden beckons with its own litany of overdue tasks. The weeds are flourishing, while they natter away in my ear, singing a refrain from a bad Supertramp song, "the more we stay, the harder it'll be to make us say goodbye"*?

And yet,