With Troy finishing packing up the last of his belongings from his childhood home this past Saturday, that left our Sunday wide open for a daytime adventure. Given that he was still pretty spent from all the driving and boxing/unboxing in recent days, he generously stepped back and let me take full control of how […]
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In all my travels in and around Massachusetts this past week or so with Troy, and as I come out of the other side of what I call my “Seasonal/Spring Cleaning Cold” that has resulted in a couple days’ worth of congestion and coughing, I’m still making sure to take time to pause and appreciate […]
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One of the more bittersweet things about winding down the year and preparing to start a new one, and especially as someone who has been blogging regularly for nearly six years while developing my own little creative traditions along the way – is looking back on all of the moments and memories that were made […]
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I’ve had such a beautiful, snowy and festive weekend these past couple of days, spent in the company of my mother and then with some of my friends in-between getting some more holiday shopping done and preparing to send out my Christmas cards a little later on this week now that they’ve been carefully designed […]
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I’m sure I’ve mentioned this multiple times in the past, but September 1st, for me, as always marked the beginning of the Fall season – regardless of the weather or still-scorching-hot-temperatures outside. It’s the beginning of the “ber” months and therefore it’s okay for me to start indulging in pumpkin spiced-everything and making sure any […]
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Try as I might to continue to hang onto all things Summer for as long as possible, there’s been a chill in the air in the early mornings, a few of the leaves have already started to shift their color palette in small but still noticeable ways, and the surefire signs of Autumn’s impending arrival […]
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This past weekend involved a lot of driving, but even more time spent with some of my favorite people and at some of my favorite destinations – specifically when heading out towards The Berkshires! While I had only a couple of very specific plans for this weekend, I left the rest up to the weather, […]
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Earlier this week, I had talked about how I’d spent my Fourth of July holiday in Rye, New Hampshire while simultaneously sharing one of the best places to grab an overstuffed lobster roll (like a true Patriot!) – but I’d also mentioned that a few other locations had been considered before my mom and I […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 