Tour de Coop

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I’m no Lance Armstrong so I car-pooled it with this recent community excursion. Even if I partook in doping or any sports enhancing tricks, I could not even come close to finishing a tour, let’s face it not many of … Continue reading

Shop Small and Be a Local Champion

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There is nothing like a warm welcome when passing the threshold of the door of a friend’s nest or a proprietor’s shop. This week I felt that sincere reception when I visited Jeremy at Red Fox, an unexpected, enviable and … Continue reading

In the Spirit of America

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let’s take a moment to think about the leaves drifting by our windows, sipping warm cider to defrost our bones from the crisp Autumn chill that arrives this time of year.  Protected in our cozy nest with most of us … Continue reading

With a cluck cluck here,

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and cluck cluck there, here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck cluck. I visited a home recently of a proud chicken owner.  Okay, so she had a few chickens under her care the past twenty years. Let me … Continue reading

The Night belongs to Poets and Mad Men with…

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Mustachios. My son loves to say the word mustachio. I don’t even think he knows the word in English thanks to his wonderful Maestra. I have to agree it has a better ring to it than plain old mustache. (Something … Continue reading

Apparently Bette Davis gave more than just good face

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—she gave a fabulous curb appeal too!  It was a pleasant surprise one June Gloom morning when I looked up from a Laguna Beach stroll to see this not-so–humble abode in front of me in Woods Cove.   Not a typical … Continue reading

“It starts today.

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  And, it starts small, with a little bet. It’s really that simple and that hard. The world needs your creativity and passion now more than ever. With all the challenges facing our country and world, we need a creative … Continue reading

Fame, Fortune and Festivity

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arrived just in time for the warm leisurely days of summer. With four parties to attend last weekend and preparing for the end of the school year celebrations to include, pool parties, tea parties and all day end of the … Continue reading

Thankful for…

  Thankful for the bread we break, thankful for the feast we ate. Thankful for the juice we drank. Thankful for the sweet and savory scents that perfumed our nest. Thankful for the adventurous expressions that resonated throughout our day, … Continue reading

When Your System Fails You

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Things happen and I follow with a trailer of belongings in tow again and some need of  soul searching.  I will vow to grant things to happen instead of the overwhelming feeling of the world upon my shoulders, my courage … Continue reading