Happy EastOver Everyone! The HOTY (a/k/a Husband Of The Year, which he still is, by the way!) and I were comparing our holiday calendars this spring and were delighted to see that Passover and Easter are happening on the SAME weekend this year! What a Silver Lining! I was raised as an Irish Catholic (the… Continue reading Saturday Sweeps: EastOver
Inspired Living & Celebrating Life
SL Book: Tomboy Style
My friend Julia Leach of Chance Co. turned me onto Lizzie Garrett’s Tomboy Style blog last year. I absolutely love it. While I tend to be a little more girly in the way I dress, underneath it all I’m a Tomboy at heart (as evidenced by all of the scars on my legs from rough-housing with… Continue reading SL Book: Tomboy Style
Epiphanies
After picking lemons from our tree, Sweetly Six made a “lemon heart.” The biggest Silver Linings as a hospice nurse came from my reflective conversations with people as they were nearing the end of their lives. I had some of the most powerful and transformative experiences as people shared their regrets, dreams and hopes. Yes, a dying person… Continue reading Epiphanies
Santa Barbara Magazine!
In the new Santa Barbara magazine, I am honored to have had the opportunity to contribute a Style story (my first!) on Angela Scott and her company, The Office of Angela Scott. Super exciting and a great Silver Lining of the week! Santa Barbara magazine happens to be my favorite magazine. In fact, it was my favorite… Continue reading Santa Barbara Magazine!
Elizabeth Street Fun!
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about a great new website called Elizabeth Street. It is one of my go-to websites. With a tagline of “Where Stylish Moms Meet” how could it not be? A girl can dream, right? Well, today, I am super excited to be a featured mom blogger on the site.… Continue reading Elizabeth Street Fun!
Gardening Follow-Up
After my gardening post last week, the one in which I promised myself, our daughter (a/k/a Sweetly Six) and you all (geez, that’s a whole lot of accountability!) that would endeavor to break away from my brown thumb and begin a garden in earnest this spring, my girlfriend Valerie Rice (author of the wonderful blog… Continue reading Gardening Follow-Up
Bicycles!
Yesterday, I was visiting a friend and she showed me her new bicycle. My jaw dropped. It was quite possibly the chicest bicycle I have ever seen, replete with a wicker basket and – get this – an electric mechanism to help her get up the steep Santa Barbara hills. When I say steep, I… Continue reading Bicycles!
Saturday Sweeps: Gardening
This spring I am promising myself and our daughter, a/k/a Sweetly Six that I am going to turn our two weed infested gardening beds into real, live, functioning gardens. This will certainly take a Silver Lined Herculean effort though. Because this is my first attempt at doing solo gardening, I have given myself permission to grow… Continue reading Saturday Sweeps: Gardening
Action
Recently I had an amazing conversation with one of those really special people in life. You know the person…she is enlightened, progressive, smart-as-get-out and simultaneously cool, calm, collected and centered (Silver Lining). We were talking about the concept of obligation in life. Now that I’m feeling better, I’ve been feeling obligated to do this or that. Why? Perhaps… Continue reading Action
Must-Do Manners
Manners and kindness are big in our house. I like to think that I’m a pretty relaxed and flexible Momma in most areas, but there are no if’s, and’s or but’s when it comes to being kind and using manners. Having spent a fair amount of time at Sweetly Six’s school this year, I am… Continue reading Must-Do Manners