Love Notes

Remember the Belinda Carlisle song:

Vacation all I ever wanted
Vacation had to get away

I've had a bit of a girl crush on Belinda since her 1980s days in the Go Gos.   Read more

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This week's note is light and airy and full of summer fun.  Just like Jerry Garcia sang:
Sunshine daydream
Walking in the tall trees
Going where the wind goes ...

 

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"Men go fishing all their lives without realizing it's not the fish they are after".   Henry David Thoreau

I like that.  It gives me a new pebble of wisdom to turn over and examine in the quiet recesses of my mind.   What did Thoreau mean?   What is it that we are all really after, after all?    Read more

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My mother was a gardener, as was her mother.   In my late twenties,  my favorite garden-related activity was to read books where other people wrote about working in their gardens.   It all started with Dee Hardie's column for House Beautiful,  "A View from Thornhill Farm".   Each month, I'd find a quiet moment to savor the new issue's colorfully inspiring interiors, saving Dee's column to devour last - just like a favorite chocolate in a sampler box.  Read more

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Tomorrow's solstice brings the summer in earnest.   Woo hoo!   To celebrate, we're heading to Nantucket and I'll be taking next Monday off from writing the Love Notes.   Last week, I wrapped up my binge watch of HBO's light docudrama/comedy series "Julia", based on my beloved hero Julia Child.   Her program, "The French Chef", basically invented food TV - to say nothing about breaking the gender barrier and the stereotype for leading ladies of the day.  Read more

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