Lake effects, no?

Posted on January 6, 2017     23 Comments

First off, Happy 2017! This may be a completely disjointed post. Hopefully short on verbiage and long on photos. We had a whirlwind Christmas with visitors and trips to the mountains, dinners out, and crazy weather. Seriously, we are having lots of precip, which for us is a miracle. Cold enough to drape everything around us […]

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All things bright …

Posted on December 16, 2016     8 Comments

So here we are, embarking (almost) on a new year. I am sure every one of us is looking on the brightest side we can. For me, the holidays are wonderful, no matter what else is going on.  By the way, to those of you who have been with me these last few years as […]

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In my mind

Posted on September 30, 2016     30 Comments

As I promised, I am adding a new Autumn sticky post this year that will enable me to alternate between my NYC fall post, up right now for the season, and the new one. Not being one to shrink from taking on too much and this being an incredibly busy time for me, I chose […]

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Languor management

Posted on July 22, 2016     67 Comments

If there is one perfect place for a cool summer, in every sense, it has to be Cape Cod. On the Cape, there is a very long cold, almost dormant season and then, suddenly, summer comes running and everything springs to life again. In fact, I consider it my number one destination in the US. It has everything […]

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Summer Like it Hot

But not I! 😀 Since I put up my Winter travel recommendation sticky-post late, I am offsetting it with an early-ish Summer piece.  This is Part One. It is already summer here in Valencia this week, hovering around 100F, unhappily for me. The minute the weather turns sultry I begin dreaming of cooler climes. If you […]

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