Daffodils, the eternal optimist of spring…having a wilt when it got cold again…
Sunday is St Joseph’s Day
Sunday is St Joseph’s Day for Catholics, or at least those from the Azores. He’s the patron saint of all living things, including the sale of one’s home. I don’t know how that evolved, but back in the day when it was hard to sell, people buried small versions of St. Joseph in their yards.
The market is strong now, but I’ll honor St Joseph on Sunday, and maybe some of you will, also…Slowing down to honor the spirit of all living things…
Invitation to Cape Cod Photography Show Opening
I’m honored that one of my photos has been chosen for “The Photograph” show at Bob Korn’s gallery, The Gallery UPSTAIRS @ Bob Korn Imaging in Orleans.
Bob is a world-renowned printer for many respected and successful photographers, not the least of whom is Joel Meyerowitz, whose iconic Cape Light: Color Photographs is still cherished decades after publication. [Read more…]
Cape Cod Hygge, Part 2
I’ve read some great books lately. Have you? Please share! Here are my own idiosyncratic recommendations:
The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen – This won the Pulitzer for fiction, and although it’s sometimes hard to follow who’s doing what where, I found the milieu (post fall of Saigon) fascinating, and the uncertainty about levels of deception suspenseful. The writing was superlative. Not an easy read, but a rewarding one.
The House By the Lake, by Thomas Harding – A true account of a cottage on a lake about an hour from Berlin, from the 1920’s when the author’s great-grandparents built it, through 2014, when it was restored and placed on the Register of Historic Places. A microcosm of the history of Berlin during these years, the book brought to life all the changes during these decades in a very personal and compelling way, including the bike and running path in front of the house that used to be where the Berlin Wall was.
The Mothers, by Britt Bennett – This is for when you just want to speed read and not think too much. I thought this book was like a more current Jodi Picoult novel – lots of emotion, but with black characters and “the mothers”, the churchwomen who were like a Greek chorus to the events. A fun read! [Read more…]
Cape Cod Hygge, Part 1
“Hygge” is the newest cool experience, according to Pinterest, the Washington Post, and just about every other site I’ve been reading. If you haven’t run across it yet, it’s a Danish word meaning coziness, more or less. (It’s pronounced “HOO-gah”.)
Apparently, the word is used constantly in Denmark, which has about 8 months a year of weather that calls for a lot of hygge. Practiced properly, it encompasses your space, your people, and your intention. “A conducive environment is key to experiencing hygge,” says Danish ambassador Lars Gert Lose.
Yesterday was a good day to create hygge. I had both Jotul stoves going, all the lights on in the house, and a soup simmering on the stove. These began as an effort to at least start off warm and with something hot to eat when the power would go off, which was a highly likely possibility given the howling wind and thunder snow.
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