Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Hallmark makes beautiful films that feel as if they should be watched in a theater. The Hall family knows the power of stories, and they give us unforgettable movies with heart and depth and the resonance of classics." ~ Luanne Rice This weekend marks the beginning of Holiday movies on Hallmark. Where for two months [...]
"Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky." ~ Brene Brown I have found that the bashing of social media, has become a common theme amongst media platforms. In fact many of [...]
a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment. NORTH AMERICAN a competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational displays. There is nothing more fall then going to a fair. It screams quintessential New England. Oh there are [...]
"Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative." ~ Judy Gold You could argue that even from a young age I loved clothes and fashion. My mom use to spend hours sitting at her sewing machine, while my siblings and I boisterously played outside. She would make dresses, and sweaters. Vests for my brothers and [...]
"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer." ~ Helen Hunt Jackson Keeping with the apple theme and also channeling a bit of childhood, my Mom, aunt, and grandmother use to make this scrumptious delicacy all the time when I was growing up. Yet [...]
"Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister." ~ Alice Walker I lift my head up off the toilet and make my way over to the sink. I wash the residue off my face and stare in the mirror. Sunken cheeks. Hollowed eyes. Water dripping off. I am a disaster [...]
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it." ~ Thucydides "Wake up! Wake up" my sister exclaimed as she shook me awake. "What?" I mumbled grumpily eyes still closed swatting her hand away blindly. It [...]
" 'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude." ~ Gary Ross "He that loves reading has everything within his reach." ~ William Godwin As a kid I [...]
"Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool." ~ Esther Williams As the youngest, by a good fifteen years, I got dragged around a lot! That included moving siblings into school. Even at [...]
A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. ~ Elizabeth Fishel I grew up in my sister’s shadow. Five years older then I, it was a hero worship that would have made even Mother Theresa go insane. But not my sister. The youngest of four at the time, she would have been well [...]