There are no trips planned this summer. No suitcases to pack. No plane ticket in hand or standing in long lines waiting to get through security (that last part I’m not sad about). For the first time in twelve years (minus 2020, which doesn’t really count), I’m not getting on a plane this summer. For… Continue reading A Summer of Home and Sanctuary
Home – to me – comprises several different places. I know at once when I’m there because the air smells different. Safe and familiar. There are landmarks that bring comfort – the red front door, the walls with academic posters, jazz shoes and scripts, Mom & Dad’s table, the wide corridor to the college group… Continue reading The Geography of Home
On my most recent summer vacation, I read a book that completely revolutionized my thinking. Books like these are not too common, and when they happen, I feel like I want to re-read them immediately to soak in everything I might have missed the first time. Indeed, I felt like I had been thirsting for… Continue reading Radically Ordinary Hospitality
A few weeks ago, I was driving home from McTeacher Night, and realized – I’ve been driving these same streets for the past 15 years. For the first 15 years of my life, I lived in four different cities/towns and seven different houses/apartments. But now, I can say that I’ve lived half of my life… Continue reading This is My Community + These Are My People
A week and a half ago, I ended my three-year journey in my first “home of my own” – what I affectionately had termed “The Wee Little Nestie.” They were a beautiful three years as I stepped out on my own away from my parents’ home for the first time and experienced my first three… Continue reading A Home with 107 Stories
I absolutely love this time of year … from December 1st to January 1st , it’s a time of wonder and beauty, gift-giving, resolution-making, cookie-baking … and traditions. Traditions have always meant something dear to me, although I haven’t really realized it until these past few years, when I’ve begun to relish them with purpose… Continue reading Sweet Traditions of Christmas
The Vintage Girl 