Notes 09.25
Writer's Notes, 06.09 "Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. " Mornings in Southern Greece are beginning to change. Each day feels a little cooler—sometimes too cool to sit outside with my morning coffee. When I open the...
Writer’s Notes
02/08/25 "To make living itself an art, that is the goal." August—'the Sunday of summer', as they say. And somehow that's exactly how it feels. The morning light feels a little softer. Summer's rhythms feel to be subsiding just a bit. Even the hum of the cicadas...
Notes 07.25
Writer's Notes, 03.10 "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Hi and happy autumn! The season has shifted here—the air is soft and crisp in the mornings, the light has embodied the golden hues that autumn brings and I can feel us slowly finding our...
How the Mediterranean Ethos Changed the Way I Live
A series on slow living, seasonal rhythms and everyday beauty
Notes 06.25
Writer's Notes, 02.06 "Art is not about art. Art is about life, and that sums it up." Hi! Happy June! I'm currently sitting outside as I write this—pjs, coffee in hand and the warm morning sun creeping through the towering boxwood tree beside me. I love mornings...
Al Fresco Living, Made Simple
Al Fresco Living, Made Simple Lifestyle There's something special about stepping outside as the day winds down—the sun softening, the warm air and the sheer joy of an unhurried evening. Whether it's a beverage in hand, a shared meal or just the gentle hush that...
Notes 05.25
Writer's Notes, 04.05 "Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of us." The first of May marks the full arrival of spring in Greece. Protomagia, which is the literal meaning of the 1st of May, is celebrated with...
Limoncello Spriz—the al fresco delight
When the weather turns warm and our al fresco evenings come to life, I always find myself reaching for a spritz! It all began from our trip in Rome on a warm summer evening in a quiet piazza when I stumbled upon 'Limoncello Spritz' on the menu. One sip and I was...
Notes 02.25
Writer's Notes, 22.02 "I'd like to start my notes to you as if we're already in the middle of a conversation. I pretend that we're the oldest and dearest of friends..." February brought winter's final hurrah in Southern Greece with freshly snowed mountain tops,...
The Retrospect of a Year
The Retrospect of a Year 06.01.25 On New Year's Day, I felt compelled to open the camera roll on my phone and look back on the year before I began making my new year's resolutions—a retrospect of the last twelve months deemed necessary! A year holds a tapestry of...