Hobbies

I inherited a stack of exquisitely written love letters that my mother had received from her paramour in the South Pacific in WWII. The pages are neat and the care in each swirl of an S or loop of a Y is evidence that love had been injected into every letter…

Most women over 60 grew up with music that filled an entire house – vinyl spinning in the living room, radios humming in the kitchen, and songs you could feel in your chest. Today, technology has taken…

Cold weather is on the way, and the holidays are nearing. Many of us are creating lists of projects we hope to accomplish while we stay inside during the coming months. One task that always seems to be on that list is creating a photo book…

I first heard about Vlogmas a few years ago but only recently decided to give it a try – my way. While some creators have fancy equipment…

A moon garden is a landscape designed to reveal its greatest beauty at night, using pale blooms, silvery foliage, reflective surfaces, and night-blooming flowers…

Decades after first hearing ABBA, I discovered a London experience that felt like a reunion with every version of myself. Travel evolves as we age, but the desire for joy never does. In fact, it becomes more urgent. We’ve lived enough life to understand what truly sustains us – connection, memory…

When I was a teenager, we had an enormous pinecone wreath in our dining room. It started out as Christmas décor, full of ornaments and ribbon, but it never came down. Storage was at a premium, and the wreath was pretty fragile. Besides, my mother loved it and how it made…

The process of renovating my 60-year-old primary bathroom started not with a design consultation or interview with a general contractor but with a conversation about dying. As suggested by all the smart financial planners, my daughters and I had a heart-to-heart chat about how…

Continuing in my London travel series, I’d like to introduce you to the Serpentine Galleries (now officially called Serpentine South and Serpentine North) located inside London’s gorgeous Hyde Park and extending to Kensington Gardens. On this visit in mid-October, I saw both exhibits, North and South. Serpentine South Gallery sits just south of the Serpentine […]

I am a lone traveler and have been my entire life. When the opportunity arose to return to London after a hiatus of two decades (way too long), I jumped on it. The main reason for going was to attend the world premiere of The Hunger Games stage adaptation – I’m a longtime fan of both…