October 2011
9 posts
“The first thing to know about the beloved home is that it takes time to create. Just as our own becoming is not a matter of hours if we are to be deep and multi-faceted people, a home that reflects and expresses the life lived within it cannot be quickly made. Every woman sitting on her in-laws old sofa or sliding a match book under a wobbly end table has dreamed of an unlimited Pottery Barn gift card and a big truck pulling up to the house with the contents of all her dog-eared catalogue pages inside…”
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Day Fifteen: The Beloved Home Takes Time « adailyportion
So true.
“Luckily, my late father had hammered into me that grit was more important than talent. So, when I couldn’t afford fancy food — never mind paraben-free shampoo — for my babies, I figured, if peasants in 11th-century Sicily did all this, how hard could it be?”
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I Went Back to the Land to Feed My Family - NYTimes.com
interesting article
The Pious Sodality of Church Ladies: Hint of the Day: Freezer Paper →
church-ladies.blogspot.com
That brown paper packages feeling? Exactly.
GIfts from the Thrift: Okay or Cheap? | Fine Diving in Chicago →
finedivingchicago.com
My favorite gifts are always one-of-a-kind thrift finds. Last year my mom found 2 simple pewter candlesticks, for which I had been searching for months! That they cost $1 made the gift even sweeter.
