Everyday Romance

Everyday Romance

As we travel into midlife, many of us tend to carry a lot of baggage with us. We bring negative self-talk and self-doubt, in spite of a lifetime of successes. We have an inexplicable need to apologize for things that don’t require apologies. We bring with us a trunk full of bad habits that self-sabotage…

Seasonal Blessings

Seasonal Blessings

“And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves…”Virginia Woolf When I come into my sweet little home after a long work day, it is like stepping back in time. Things are simple here. I leave the sounds of the radio in the car,…

Winter Sewing

Winter Sewing

I have found myself unpacking my sewing machine far more in recent months. I have mended a few items. Last weekend I made a flannelette nightgown from fabric that has been in my fabric box for about 20 years. Yesterday, I spent a blissful day making winter pillow covers for my living room.I have to…

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

It is the first Monday of the New Year, a chance to psychologically reboot, to start over. The New Year is like an empty book, with a story not yet written. With every new beginning, many of us set our goals, plan the next phase of our lives and hope that this time will be…

Transform Your Home: How to Create a Joyful, Authentic Space That Reflects Your True Self

Transform Your Home: How to Create a Joyful, Authentic Space That Reflects Your True Self

“The home is the centre and circumference, the start and the finish of most of our lives.” –Charlotte Perkins Gilman Our homes are a visible manifestation of our inward world. Because of this, we need to fill them with things that are soul-building. To paraphrase Marie Kondo, keep only those things that speak to our…