Category: travel
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I found this small leather-bound volume at a used bookstore years ago. It cost a dollar. I love the title and the fact that a previous owner had taken the time to have his or her own initials embossed on the cover. It emerged yesterday from a hidden place on a shelf while we were…
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I brought home an idea from our summer visit to Stockholm where I learned that the Swedes make a conscious effort to create a cozy ambiance during their long dark winters. They bring light and warmth indoors, and perhaps a sense of slowing down, not being rushed, to the season. I’ve added strings of light…
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It’s dark now at 6 a.m. Summer has flown by, rich in big moments for my family — love and death and tenderness. And all around us, as always, the great cacophony of the world. Autumn’s coming, chill mornings, heavier skies. Before letting summer go I want to savor a few moments, not the big…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 