Month: April 2025
-
Becoming Spring
After winter, when seeds have sat in silence, waiting, something stirs— Quiet, unseen, beneath the soil it’s not about rushing the bloom, but trusting the thaw. Life, like a flower doesn’t force its way out of the cold—it listens, it…
-
Deliciousness Overload
Years ago, I stumbled upon a charming antiques shop, filled to the brim with floral and landscape paintings and delightful tabletop décor. While chatting with the owner, I learned that his wife, Isabelle, was a chef with a nearby restaurant.…
-
Blessed is the One Who Comes…
Palms rustle like whispers of hope in dry wind, waved by hands that know both praise and pain—children’s voices echo hosannas down dust-veiled roads where ancient stones remember every footstep, every march. A king once rode humbly, not with might…
-
Baciccio in Aix en Provence
In the heart of Aix-en-Provence, where the shutters are often half-closed and the bustle of daily life is in the air, there’s a place that feels like opening a secret passage to the past, where one can find history tucked…
-
Pottery Dreams
Each piece of pottery Monique shapes is a stanza in clay—her fingers the pen, the wheel/molds her rhythm. Monique doesn’t just make vessels, she write quiet poems that can hold water and time. Harvested from ancient volcanic deposits, this rich…