It's almost July! Before we get there, I want to savor the last few days of June. I woke up this morning with a new word on my tongue, a jumbled word that spoke to me. "Re-June-ivation" Re-June-ivation is a combination of rejuvenation and the first month of summer, June. Since June kicks off the summer season and summer is a great season for returning to rhythms that restore our souls (reading in the sunshine, sipping lemonade by the pool, picking and eating fresh berries, outdoor concerts in the park, backyard BBQ's), it seemed a good word mash Continue Reading

Remember, I was searching for blue? Not just any blue, blue that is green and gray and turquoise, sometimes all at once like the ocean when it rains, like the color of vintage blue Ball jars or the beaches where we honeymooned and woke up to the wooing sea. I found it! Before I show you my happy kitchen finale, I want you to know it was done with only 4 ingredients: Bar Keepers Friend (soft-scrub kind) an old toothbrush paint Ryan Adams song Singing in the Blue (before) Before the painters arrived, I went around scrubbing the baseboards, doors Continue Reading

I am thrilled at the sight of the canvas that is painter's pants. There is story here. The painters arrived today to make my 10 year-old kitchen happy again. I thought you might want to see the middle of my kitchen painting project.The part where it gets worse before it gets better. Before we can get to the fun part, the painters have to take all the hardware off the doors, doors off the hinges, and drawer fronts off the drawers. The "faces" have to come off and go to the shop for spraying. Yikes! Here they Continue Reading