Warning: This post has more I’s in it than a Donald Trump debate transcript. Excuse me (and I), but I reckon a personal question asks a personal answer, so here it is: Why did I buy a house in the Cotswolds? If you follow my wildly sporadic posts, you may recall that last summer I… Continue reading Why I Bought a House in the Cotswolds
Cotswold Diary, Note 8
News & Notes
Why I Bought a House in the Cotswolds
Clarity Begins at Home, Workshop 2024
New Year, New You! Clear the clutter in your home and your head to make 2024 the year that your resolution to “get organized” gets real! Clear a path toward your purpose and an even more meaningful life. Join Barbara Reich and me in the return of our (super-popular!) Clarity Begins at Home workshop on… Continue reading Clarity Begins at Home, Workshop 2024
Watercolor Workshop in Cornwall
October 6-11, 2024
Register for Painting in Cornwall The dramatic cliffs and panoramic coastal views of Cornwall long to be captured by the artist’s vision (that would be you!), just as the the artist is captured by the windswept romance of this beloved British county. For details and to register, click here, and please feel free to… Continue reading Watercolor Workshop in Cornwall
October 6-11, 2024
Crackling Bread for Christmas Morn (or Any Morn)
The caviar of cornbread is what this is. Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, studded with salty bits of fried pork rind (crackling) goodness. Ten minutes to make, 30-40 to bake, freezes beautifully. Our mama made this for Christmas morning every year, with Dortch’s* sausage biscuits, Moravian bread, ambrosia, and grits casserole. If… Continue reading Crackling Bread for Christmas Morn (or Any Morn)
Clarity Begins at Home — Workshop Jan-Feb 2024
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. –Thomas Moore So you’ve decided to get organized? Or maybe just tidy and freshen up for the New Year? Begin with clearing the clutter in your head and in your home. Learn to… Continue reading Clarity Begins at Home — Workshop Jan-Feb 2024
Watercolor Workshop in the Cotswolds,
September 26-October 1, 2024
Join us this glorious, blooming spring as we again travel to paint and wander about the Cotswolds this September 26 to October 1, 2024. We can’t wait to get back to our beloved Cotswolds to paint again with the wonderful and talented teacher Andrew Hucklesby. . By us I mean virtuoso watercolorist, wonderful person, and… Continue reading Watercolor Workshop in the Cotswolds,
September 26-October 1, 2024
Come Paint with Us in Beautiful Britain!
Workshops in the Cotswolds and Cornwall
In the Cotswolds, September 26 – October 1, 2024 Register for Cotswolds Announcing new watercolor workshops this coming spring and summer. Join instructor Andrew Hucklesby and me for plein air painting in the idyllic countryside and charming villages of the Cotswolds in September or along the sweeping and dramatic coastal cliffs and beaches of Cornwall… Continue reading Come Paint with Us in Beautiful Britain!
Workshops in the Cotswolds and Cornwall
Lordy Mercy I’ve Done It Now…Bought a New Old House
Have you ever done anything completely crazy? I mean since you were older than, like, 15. Like buy a house you probably cannot afford? In a foreign country? Oh you’re out there I know. Please call me and tell me it will be okay. Because not everyone thinks so. Like my friend Memrie. This is… Continue reading Lordy Mercy I’ve Done It Now…
Bought a New Old House
Create Your Next Chapterwith Clarity and Purpose
So delighted to announce this retreat September 6-8 at the Omega Institute in divinely beautiful Duchess County, New York. Life’s relentless pull and inevitable upheavals can leave us questioning if we are where in life we ought to be, whether we’re walking the path we’re meant to walk. We may feel it is time… Continue reading Create Your Next Chapter
with Clarity and Purpose
Cotswolds Diary, Note 7, Blenheim Palace
You may note I’ve switched from diary entries as “Day” to “Note,” because I’m no longer keeping up here in real time. On Instagram yes, more or less, but here, there’s a lag. Hope you don’t mind. What I’ve learned is that there are not more hours in the day here in the Cotswolds than… Continue reading Cotswolds Diary, Note 7, Blenheim Palace
Cotwolds Diary, Days 5 and 6, Traffic Report
Number of times hit left hand curb: 2 Number of times left side mirror folded in all by itself: 1 Number of times ran into bushes: 2 (but this really cannot be helped on these 6-inch-wide country lanes Number of times honked at (“hooted,” they say here ): 1 Number of times honked at if… Continue reading Cotwolds Diary, Days 5 and 6, Traffic Report
Cotswolds Diary, Day 4(th of July!)
As I settle in – and am not yet quite – I did want not to miss a return to Hidcote, and my friend Jonathan (MFJ) wanted to go, too. As a side note, happy to report that in driving there (he offered but I wanted to practice) I only hit the curb once, though… Continue reading Cotswolds Diary, Day 4(th of July!)