Me & my PopPop My grandfather passed away late Thursday night, I was driving 95 miles an hour down the 5, at 11:41 I looked at the clock he’s just left Indeed. Whirlwind of family & food platters. What a curious response, food platters. Talks with my mother about the knowing, she’s tried to talk [...]

Late afternoon sun in the kitchen – it’s been blissfully hot the last few days, the kind of hot that relaxes your shoulders and makes every second seem like a lazy afternoon in July. People here complain about it, which I find downright silly. I love the heat. Today I sat in the grass and [...]

1. Austrian girls sell vintage Austrian goodies. What? Like a magical land!! Now, if only the $ would match the Euro… Bows & Bandits 2. Pretty clothes & Mariee Sioux‘s mama from the ladies at Violet Folklore 2a. Elly & Holly I am buying us tickets for Mariee & Alela May 11th at Du Nord [...]

Shop update! Lots more prettiness and summer dresses up at Market Publique (and I have barely put a dent into the summery dresses / boating party stash!! More to come!)

As Venus goes direct (last Friday!) and we all come out of stasis and into the glorious spring sunshine, I’ve been thinking a lot about inspiration and creativity. Elizabeth Gilbert, whom I’ve never given much thought to as I’m a terrible snob when it comes to bestsellers, talks about genius and the creative drive as [...]

I was working from home today in the garden when suddenly!!! Cacophony!! I couldn’t believe it when I looked up and saw a huge ball of bees, pouring from their hive and filling the air!! They made an almost perfect sphere, and the noise was intense and so so loud. Swarming is the natural means [...]

Somehow I managed to spend the entire evening last night immersed in a variety of 1918-1933 entertainments ~ all were delightful & worth sharing. Universal released the box set Pre-Code Hollywood Collection: Universal Backlot Series recently, and last night I watched Hot Saturday and Torch Singer, both of which were fantastic. Pre-code is still so [...]

A harbinger of tea in the garden – this lovely print (I have coveted the original for awhile now!!) is a “100th sale” gift from the very talented Liza! This weekend was really one of the most peachy perfection weekends since that amazing birthday weekend a few months ago! Saturday was witchens tea party #5 [...]

I spent my summers lying in the high grass, packing down little circles like a deer, finding tiny spots in the sun, wishing to the earth & sky that whatever put me here would take me home. Curled under the roots of trees where the creek carved out a space for me, toes digging into [...]

1. Folkstreams ~ A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures (all watchable from the site) 2. Yoko Ono’s flickr 3. Alice Bag’s flickr 4. One of my favorite Tarot interpretation sites 5. The New York Public Library Picture Collection Online

Whirlwind spontaneous houseguests bringing in a breath of Vermont witchery, including a tiny gnome. It was great to see Selene and how Lucien has grown, strange to be around this tiny creature!! I need more babies in my life. So get to work, friends!! Talking over a bottle of wine in a nest on the [...]

It’s spring & the garden is in bloom!! Angeliska’s post reminded me to speak with my lovely landlady and Urban Homesteader, Ruby, about planting some things in a small patch of earth. How exciting, it’s been awhile since I’ve had space. What shall I plant? There’s so much here already, rosemary and mint and calendula [...]