I love Halloween. I mean I LOVE Halloween! Come the end of September, I pull out all the Halloween decorations and make the house festive. Just a little creepy with some whimsy and nostalgia thrown out there. It reminds the Hubs and I of the kids we used to be and lets us celebrate…
Pumpkin Spice is NOT the boss of me. I’m not opposed to what PSL represents- I am a seasonal girl. Long ago, in a time before internets and Youtubes, my mom embraced the seasons by decorating our house festively and she passed the love for it onto me. Each season had its own special decor…
Catching Up
June and July were hot, steamy garden months that left me no desire to do anything- even read (gasp!).
Turning 50 When I turned 50, I started to consider my birthday as my New Year. After all, a birthday signifies you have traveled around the sun another spell and you’re getting ready to start all over again. Why shouldn’t this be a more significant time to reflect on the past 365 days and see…
I am coming up on completing Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach that I picked up in the thrift store last summer. I had this book in my collection many years ago, but had culled it out, probably irritated that I hadn’t stuck with it. On a girls trip last year, I happened upon it…
No matter where you are or what you are doing, all around you there’s magic and joy to be found. So here we are at the beginning of Ordinary Magic. Books, food, seasonal living are just a few of the things you can read about here. I read anything and everything! If I’m not reading,…
Years ago I read a book where the female main character drank gimlets. I don’t remember the title of the book or anything else that happened, but the idea of the drink stayed with me. Gimlets were new to me- gin had never been my drink of choice and I would never have thought to…
