“Mommy, let’s color,” she would say and go get her plastic pencil box filled with crayons. I’d pull out construction paper and other supplies and sit down at the table with her. She would stand in the chair, lean on the table, and hold a worn-down crayon between chubby toddler fingers...
Read moreBeauty and Order, Not Clutter
This is not my desk but look how organized it is! And I love the turquoise typewriter. Photo courtesy of StockSnap.io
As someone who loves beauty, I love an organized room, with everything in its place and nothing extraneous, like the photo above. But my office does not reflect that love. My office is usually a big mess…
Read moreCapturing Beauty with Kareen King
Sunrise over an old cattle corral. Photo credit: Kareen King
“We were confronted with a sight that paralyzed us…”
Read moreBeauty in the Details in July
While I love big sweeping vistas that take my breath away (the ocean, the mountains, a valley below), I also like to pause over the small things. Here are some of my favorite photos of beauty in the details this month…
Read moreSeeing Siena
The back side of the Siena Cathedral
We stepped out of the van into the sunlight shining brightly on Siena, Italy, a place where…
Read moreA Day of Beauty in Cortona
It was a hot July morning under the Umbrian sun…
Read moreGoing to the Theater in Gubbio
Back view, Roman theater ruin, Gubbio, Italy
Following the Sunflowers in Umbria, Italy
A sunflower field not far from the highway in Umbria, Italy.
"Come back before it’s too late." It was the last line of an email from our friends, Roger and Joan, who own a centuries-old renovated villa in Umbria, Italy…
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