A few days ago, I returned from my annual July spent in my grandmother’s summer Rhode Island home, my favorite place on earth. Weeks spent in our tiny coastal town are the most precious to me; it’s my reset for the year, my time to be so present in each beautiful moment. Life there is…
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Scenes of Summer Life in Rhode Island, Pt. 3
I just returned from my annual trip to Rhode Island with my family – my favorite time in the place I find most beautiful and relaxing, and simply idyllic. Before I was born, my grandmother built a gray-shingled house on a dirt road on the coast, in a tiny town that no one has heard…
Scenes of Summer Life in Rhode Island, Pt. 2
Earlier this week, I returned from my family’s annual summer vacation in a small, bucolic Rhode Island town. My grandmother built the house where we stay shortly before I was born, and it is a treasured place for me and my family. The few weeks I spend in Rhode Island are precious, filled with beach…
Scenes of Summer Life in Rhode Island
Every summer, my family travels to the Rhode Island coast, where my grandmother built a home in a small pastoral beach town. This is the place that taught me the value of slowing down, living simply, and spending time in nature. Summers here are quiet and calm – I wake up to the songs of…
Life Lessons Learned in Rhode Island
Every summer since (before) I was born, my family and I have traveled to a tiny oasis in Rhode Island. Quick family history: My mom is originally from Providence, and when her family decided to move to Nashville, they built a new house in a Rhode Island beach town so that they could return to…
Our New Patio Set, Flowers, & an August Book Rec
It’s August, the month I begin by feeling sad for summer vacation’s end, but midway through when the days start to get a little cooler and less humid, the early excitement for autumn seizes me. This occurred over the weekend as I woke up to dry, cool, sunny days. August can be such a lovely…
