This weekend, I put out my Halloween decorations in our home – which can be seen here! I love decorating for fall in September, and then adding a few things for spooky season. The one new item I acquired for October is this pair of outdoor solar lanterns, which I am really enjoying. They add…
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10 Things I Love About October
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…
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…
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…
A Summer Day Trip to Martha’s Vineyard
I’ve been back home a few days since returning from our annual summer vacation in Rhode Island. Days there are so sweet, we tend to get in the rhythm of enjoying time simply spent at the house and the beach, and not venture out too much. But in recent years, I’ve been curious to explore…
Book Thoughts: My 6 Winter and Spring Reads
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell My first read of 2023 is the best book I’ve read in a long time. Maggie O’Farrell’s storytelling is phenomenal, full of rich details and suspense. This work of historical fiction takes place in Renaissance Italy and imagines the life of Lucrezia, a girl who grows up in Florence in…
