A very happy October to you! Oh, how I love this month, and the festive, cozy stretch of time from now through the end of December. I also cannot believe we are already here again; time seems to go faster with each year, but I would like to slow it down, find those simple, magic…
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Decorating Our New Home with Pumpkins and Mums
We have now been in our new home for 7 weeks, and since then, it’s been lovely to enjoy our sun-filled rooms, laze on the screen porch, watch the flora and fauna in our yard, decorate for fall and add a new detail. Today brought more joy; I went to Flying Ghost Pumpkin Patch for…
3 Things I’m Loving This Month, Including a Wonderful Read
This September has been a dream so far, with cooler and dryer weather – the final warm summer days and the first sweater-donning mornings. I am anticipating autumn while still enjoying the last sip of summer. Here are three more things I’m loving this month. The lush end-of-summer flora In our backyard, I have been…
Labor Day Weekend Reflections
Happy Labor Day Weekend! This transition from summer to fall always brings me a bittersweet feeling – the end of carefree summer days and the beginning of crisp air and holidays. I love summer and fall for different reasons, but I find the transition to be a bit difficult every year, particularly as a teacher…
Our New Home on a Sunday Morning
We have been getting settled in our new home over the past two weeks, and things have been gradually evolving as we figure out these new spaces and acquire some new pieces. School also started this past week – my eighth year of teaching. The start of school makes August the busiest, most tiring time…
Book Thoughts: 8 Summer Beach Reads
It’s been a wonderful summer of reading. Early summer brought me three great reads, and I continued through my list and beyond this July, especially in Rhode Island, the perfect place to relax and be swept away by captivating stories. Here are the eight books I’ve read over the past month, all of which I…
