Living the Sweet Life: Lean in and let the cultivation for knowledge begin!

Hey Sweet Lifers! ‘Tis the season to cultivate  and learn. I smell the inside of books and spilling ink as we roll into September and see another bunch of wildly intelligent younglings begin another semester of discovery.  It’s one of my favorite times each year, because it is so full of...

Living the Sweet Life: The Peaceful Life

Hey Sweet Lifers! I hope all of y’all are having a wonderful start to summer. I have been enjoying mine most thoroughly. I’ve been learning a lot about what seeds to sow and when to do so in the flower garden. Watching things sprout up and grow has been quite satisfying. The poppy has been one such...

Living the Sweet Life: How sweet it is to be loved by you! 

Hey Sweet Lifers! Well, it’s hard to believe but the studio is celebrating its 25th year this month! Kinda crazy right?! I thought so too, but when I look back on everything we have captured, it all started to seem very real. The years have flown by, and my littles are either all grown up and bringing me...

Blue, Silver and Gold

Hey Sweet Lifers! The first of this year I was scrolling through my social feed, and a painting struck my eye. It was done by an artist who I have admired, am friends with and something about it spoke immediately to me. Something that can be interpreted as a feeling that it must be mine. These feelings...

Living the Sweet Life: I’m One of “Those” People 

Hey Sweet Lifers! I was recently having a conversation with one of my dear friends, and she asked me to go to a party. Well, she “sort of” asked actually. Our conversation went like this: My friend started off by stating that she wanted to have a party, and she wanted me to be there. Then she described...

Living the Sweet Life: Fur Babies

Hey Sweet Lifers! If you ever thought you were the one to choose your fur babies, let me just tell you, they choose you. Recently, I went out to bring in my girls Sasha and Angela for the night, and each time I called their names, I heard a loud, “Meeeeeow!” in response to my call. Both of the girls came...

Living the Sweet Life: Let’s Go Flying

Hey Sweet Lifers! On a rather brisk day in February back in 1976, I received a bike for my birthday. I remember wondering as I wobbled on the seat and with hands shaking held on tight to the handlebars, if I would ever not be afraid of getting up on that contraption! A few months later my sweet grandfather,...

Living the Sweet Life: The Best Gift Ever

Hey Sweet Lifers! I’m guessing that most of you celebrated the holidays and got to spend time with those you love – hope so anyway! I have been asking my littles coming in for their visits what their best gift ever was that they got for Christmas, and I have been getting a lot of,  let’s say, very...

Living the Sweet Life: Walking into 2023 like it’s 1993!

Hey Sweet Lifers! Whatcha got planned for 2023? Many of us have been doing a lot for a lot of people for a very long time. Years go by, and in the haste of living . . . some dreams get lost or left behind. While some of that stuff has mattered, essential to the sheer running of life even, I am telling you...

Living the Sweet Life: Finding What You Might Have Missed

Hey Sweet Lifers! During a roadtrip back from North Carolina, it struck me as we were wandering around in the Blue Ridge Parkway and through various states, there’s a lot of things you miss when you fly. Things that you should stumble upon and allow yourself some time to enjoy . . . others that make you...

Living the Sweet Life: Now We’re Talking! “Tricks, Rubbers and Grand Slams!”

Hey sweet lifers! I must say it does feel a bit strange finding oneself playing bridge in the middle of an afternoon on a weekday. Most people give me a look when I say I am busy on this particular day and then tell them why. They then proceed to say things that would indicate that in their minds I am...

Living the Sweet Life: I am Certifiably “Sweet!”

Hey Sweet Lifers! I just got clocked by a hornet in my armpit in the sweet life garden! I know, what a way to intro my column this month, but keep reading, and it will make sense and perhaps even make you smile. I am constantly being reminded of the fact that at some point my garden became a home for others,...

The Sweet Life Gardener – Thyme

Hey Sweet Lifers! One of the most versatile herbs to have in your garden is thyme. There are more than 400 different species used from culinary to medicinal to just fabulously decorative. The tiny petite flowers are a pretty addition to plates, and the scent is lovely when making floral arrangements from...

Living the Sweet Life: Time to be Mine

Hey Sweet Lifers! There’s a running joke between me and my oldest and best friend about when to buy things. Not the items that everybody needs eventually like furniture, appliances and houses, but the personal stuff that makes life a little sweeter. You know the pocket books, jewelry, clothes. And as of...

Living the Sweet Life: My Marvelous Monstera

Hey  Sweet Lifers! Everyone should have a house plant, and I believe that like choosing a pet, the decisions about which one, or in most cases ones, to select is a choice made by personality. This conclusion has been based on deep research as both my sweet Brian and I have slid into the wonderful world of...