Life and Lovely Things invites you to live everyday life with Love.

What if you lived your everyday life with Love? Not someday, when things are perfect, when moments are extraordinary, or when there is some incredible adventure to experience — but right now. What if what you really want isn’t a different set of circumstances, but a deeper, richer experience of the life you already have?

What if you sipped your morning tea with Love? Had a friendly conversation with Love? Or moved through your ordinary Tuesday, the walk around the block, a simple shared meal - all of it, with Love? What would change? You might notice more, savor more, be more present for the beauty that’s already here. Your glasses might become a little more rose-colored and moments that used to whiz by might, all of a sudden, feel more alive. You might recognize more magic in the mundane, the heaven here now, the Love in all things.

Life and Lovely Things invites women to live everyday life with Love. Through writing and open-hearted content, along with community gatherings and simple surprises and delights, we practice together — noticing the beauty in ordinary moments, appreciating what's already here, engaging fully with the life in front of us. Because when women live with Love, they create with Love. And slowly, the world becomes more and ever more Lovely. Join us. Let’s practice living everyday life with Love together.

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Because It's My WOK!

Once upon a time, in a moment of extra-real mom frazzle, I found my then toddler sitting in the middle of our breakfast nook, surrounded by ginormous puddles of water and overturned cups and spoons sprawled all over the table and floor. “What are you doing?!?” I asked in a slightly raised (okay, very raised) voice. I wasn’t especially interested in the answer as much as in making a point - she was doing something that needed to stop immediately. “Why are you making such a big mess with all this water?” I asked in horror and desperation. “Because it’s my WOK (toddler speak for ‘work’)!” she retorted, understanding on some level that using the word “work” was the only way I would grasp the gravity of what she was doing.

My Old House, Unlovely and Loved

Featured in the gorgeous pages of Bella Grace Magazine (The Cozy Issue, Volume 7, 2024 and also Fall 2021, Issue 29).

“Where thou art, that is home. ” — Emily Dickenson

I adore old houses. I love the charm and character, the original detail, the idea that somehow I share space with other humans who have come before me. Their stories, nuanced and colorful as they might be, are not that different from my own. They are captured in the little scuffs on the wooden built-ins and in the creaks of the floor, right alongside mine. So when my husband and I bought our first home together - a 1925 bungalow - I was excited. I quickly began bringing to life my ideal of picturesque perfection. I planted begonias in the flower boxes along with a little vegetable garden and fiercely protected the peonies, my favorite flowers, from my minimalist-yard-loving spouse. Walls were painted and furniture was arranged with precision. Curtains flowed in dramatic fashion and at least one room in our home was so pretty, it couldn't be touched, and was reserved for the elusive "special occasion." All looked well and when the house was finished, it was something out of a Jane Austen novel.

I now live in a house built in the middle of the 19th century. It has no flower boxes or vegetable gardens. In fact, it doesn't even have a yard to speak of. There are holes in the uneven floor that have been hidden with tape. The pocket doors in the dining room stick and get off track. The kitchen is tiny and outdated. And the basement is like a dungeon, complete with a few leaks. In spite of all that, I have learned to love the old house in a way that was not possible with the pristine bungalow. It is a love that has sprung from feeling the soul of the house and recognizing it as my own. That is probably the best definition of love I've ever heard, come to think of it.

Quotes from the Classics: January

There's something about classic literature - timeless, romantic, universal, human. Each month, I will post quotes from the likes of Austen, Wilde, Dickens, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald and many others. Here are some words that will inspire you as you kick off the new year!