Few things make my heart swell more with gratitude than when people I love gather around our table, especially when it is glowing with beeswax...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.  — Ecclesiastes 3:1  After our trip alone to Taos this summer,...

When we bought our first home so many years ago, I thought of home and garden design in terms of magazine spreads–things and furniture and...

As the dreary (and rather long) winter weather draws to an end, something shifts in us too, doesn’t it? The spring sunlight has a way...

The world is dark, and light is precious. Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux For all of us, there are life seasons that feel bright and...

This time of year always feels concentrated and rich, like a dark chocolate truffle–something special meant to be taken in slowly. Like so many of...

Since moving to our home last spring, I’ve wanted to make a wreath for our front door–something organic and simple that reflects the rest of...

In the South, we really have two seasons: hot and cold. Since our family has always lived in an older home with small (and shared)...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it...