May 21, 2022
Last winter I asked James to design a water feature for the garden and to use this photo of Robert Plant as the inspiration. There should be an orb, preferably glowing and mist sometimes, I said. Behold, Robert plant in… Continue Reading…
May 13, 2022
Last night I got to live my dream of channeling Gertrude Stein to host my very first salon in Amsterdam, featuring the amazing author Jami Attenberg who read from her memoir I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing… Continue Reading…
March 11, 2022
My sister sent me this enormous white fluffy coat for my 50th birthday. It’s amazing and I love it so much. This coat would be a tragedy in the rain so I wouldn’t ordinarily be able to wear it as… Continue Reading…
November 9, 2021
So much of living in the pandemic heading into year three is finding joy in moments to get through the painful ones, which keep coming wave after wave. We’re in wave 5 now, depending on how you interpret the math,… Continue Reading…
October 2, 2021
Our little canal boat, The Shrimp Whisker, got some excellent upgrades this year. James designed and built a steering console and attached the old-timey steering wheel we bought at a used boat supply store so we can steer with the… Continue Reading…
September 26, 2021
When we moved to the Netherlands 3 years ago, we didn’t know how long we’d be able to live here and traveling as much as possible was our number one priority. Covid derailed those plans but we did finally get… Continue Reading…
September 21, 2021
Last week I got invited to a private dahlia farm with a group I belong to here in Amsterdam. It’s a family business of farmers who provide 75% of the world’s dahlias via exports of tubers, but when the fields… Continue Reading…
It’s been a while, I’ve missed you. Let’s catch up, shall we? Well, there’s a lot to catch up on. I want to tell you about the dahlia fields that were in bloom last week, our summer road trip to… Continue Reading…
December 28, 2020
December and January are busy months for us with James Wilson’s birthday, Christmas, New Year, and my birthday. This year things are different with the pandemic, but we’re having a beautiful winter season together with our little family unit and… Continue Reading…
December 16, 2020
Welp, Covid got crazy here again and now we’re back in full lockdown. Prime Minister Rutte said it’s at least until January 19. All nonessential stores and businesses are closed and the kid is back to online learning. It’s fine… Continue Reading…