I realize white for the home may seem rather dull or unoriginal, but I love it unashamedly, especially in small spaces with ample natural light....

Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is...

Mark resigned from his job this week, a somewhat spontaneous decision following months of weighty conversations after dinner or over morning coffee. He and I are generally...

At some point I’ve realized many of the boundaries and routines I create for my children are habits intended for me, for my well-being as well....

I’m not quite sure how or at what point the word bored enters a child’s vernacular, but it has here. In the last six months...

Mother’s Day is this weekend in the US, and although it seems there is now a day to celebrate all sorts of things, of course this...

NURTURING THE WHOLE SELF As a mother, it has become easy for me to define nurturing as something I give to others–whether in marriage, mothering, friendship,...

There’s been an unplanned, obvious lull in this space the last two months, and I’ll admit on certain days, I’ve been frustrated by it. In...

  Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. ― A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh _____________________________ spring herbs + tales...

Yesterday morning began harrowed, everyone impatient and on guard, like the friction of too many short notes held together. Even on my best mornings those emotions...