Hello, dear friends.  In these confusing and uncertain times, there are bright spots.  For me, I am enjoying the quality time with my family, especially meal time where we are connecting in such a special way.  I am also blown away by the community that I have between my social media channels, online and in-person […]

If we don’t have our health and safety, we have nothing.  We will get through this, I am sure. I am looking for the positive in all this and not looking too far forward.  I am trying not to overthink the “what ifs” because that will cause me to lose sleep and that’s going to […]

This week is the beginning of Lent.  My mother used to make us give up something for the 40 days of Lent.  We thought we were funny by saying we’d give up liver (ugh, she actually made it!) or boiled Brussels sprouts. After a lot of back and forth, my mother would ask us to […]

It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs – my husband’s favorite week of the year.  So Mr. Picky and I are accompanying him for the long weekend.  My son has been going to house tours, lectures, and vintage shopping with us in the desert for the past 6 years.  He’s such a trooper.  The weather seems […]