There's the TED Talk stuff, of course. Work as a team. Communicate. Monitor your supplies -- first in, first out. But, the thing that has really stood out in this sea-change year -- a year sparked by the convergance of a sudden step back from a career in journalism and an emptied nest -- is… Continue reading What a year of innkeeping has taught me about readiness
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Serendipity & Sorrel
A whopper container on our deck has somehow become a buffet for wild things. It started out innocently enough as a pot full of violas and pansies. They were the first deck flowers of the growing season, strategically placed where I could see them from the kitchen window. As the garden marched into summer, however,… Continue reading Serendipity & Sorrel
On being a cardigan
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Our daughters are potted plants, yearning for the deck or porch after a long season indoors. It’s time for big sky, for wind and rain. It’s time for the occasional dandelion fluff to drift… Continue reading On being a cardigan
The longest house
Our house is 100 years old now. It's still a beauty, full of the good bones that fill the streets of any city that's old enough to remember craftsmen. Today, snow is blowing in cold gusts and anyone sitting near one of our multitude of windows -- electric light was a newish thing in 1924… Continue reading The longest house
Final chapters of free-read Christmas novella
It's a wrap! Here are the final chapters of Stand Still & Chill. Thanks for reading and sharing and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Stand Still & Chill Volume 2 of the Match Made in Almost Heaven duo CHAPTERS 21-30 (the final chapters) story by Nora Edinger noraedinger.com cover design by Phyllis Sigal Copyright 2023 dedicated to Erica… Continue reading Final chapters of free-read Christmas novella
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