When I sit down to read these days, I love to drink a cup of tea. Preferably one from a growing stash of beautiful vintage cups I have collected including a saucer. It makes me feel special and sets the mood. The one in the photo above was recently acquired from an estate sale. I […]

Sitting at a tiny corner table with a view of the cobbled street enveloping us on each side, I looked across at my mother’s downturned face. She was fussing with the perfectly pressed cloth napkin in her lap, cleaning her glasses in preparation for reading the French menu in front of her for the last […]