Farm Dover

I can't believe that tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Perhaps my disbelief  is caused by not hosting our annual New Year's Eve dinne...

Part 5: France 2010 Our entire week in St. Jean de Cole was lovely. Yes, it still rained and yes, we still got lost. But it was so nice to...

Part 4 - France 2010 Okay, if you've been reading these recent entries of our trip to France, I'm concerned that you may get a dis...

Part 3 - France 2010   Still raining and still lost. No one at the tourist information office – who would have thought that there...

Part 2 - France 2010 The next day we rented a car and headed for the provinces. Still raining, of course. Fortunately we had two...

Last month, Ed and I headed to France in celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary. It had been a very long time since we were ...

I love the Christmas season. But I don't love decorating the house for the holidays. Red and green have never been my colors and our hou...

One of the things about designing and building a house from the ground up is that it can be anything you want. The sky's the limit (well...

My guest blogger today is none other than Ed, who reflects on another farm in another time. And so it goes.... As Townes Van Zand...

It was cold, gray and windy today.  But it was warm and sunny last month, prompting me to order a large box full of daffodil and tulip bulbs...

I'm trying hard to streamline our possessions -- keeping only the things we will need in our new house. I've written about this befo...

For travels to faraway places and warm homecomings,  For quiet moments and happy chaotic ones,  For future plans and present moments,   F...

When Maggie was a toddler she loved to watch Sesame Street. (Okay, so maybe I really liked to watch Sesame Street with her.) Perhaps that sh...

I read a lot of blogs. They range in subject matter from cooking to home design to gardening to creativity -- and lots in between. One of ...

Art. People who know us, know that we love art and love having it on every wall, mantle and bookcase in our home. We've been buying art ...