Live With Flair

It’s raining and cold! Instead of feeling like this is a terrible way for summer vacation to begin, we do the things we love to

In honor of living slow and more reflectively on this last day of school, my daughters and I harvest the berries and make a strawberry

My husband and I travel to find the lady slipper orchids in the forest. We look back to 2011 when our friend pointed them out

I didn’t save this berry for my children or husband or even a neighbor. Oh no, I ate it immediately. I feel no remorse whatsoever.

It’s raining, but I know I have to harvest this day’s strawberries. The whole time I’m out there in the mud and underneath the dark

I love this season of graduation parties, block parties, pool afternoons, and just sitting around being together. Today, we were with folks all day long,

“If God knows everything, then He never gets to be surprised.” This is my daughter expressing sadness over what she feels is one of life’s

We’re growing many unusual things in our garden, things like artichokes and radishes and eggplant. Every morning, barefoot and chilly, we all go to the

I’m still thinking about this one question that everyone asks online. I think of you. I haven’t met you or know anything about you, but

All I know is that where once there was concrete, now a plant grows up. I imagine the persistence and the gentle but unstoppable force