Seasonal Musings: Between Cosy Days and Christmas Lights
Seasonal Musings: Between Cosy Days and Christmas Lights Inspiration As autumn deepens in southern Greece, I find myself caught between the calm of cosy November days and the sparkle of Christmas lights beginning to appear. This is the in-between season—the quiet...
Writer’s Notes
04/11/25 "A Joyful Heart is Good Medicine." November is my most favourite month of all! It is a gentle in-between of savouring the last stretch of autumn while slowly leaning toward the magic ahead. The air feels crisper, mornings are a little quieter and home...
The Creative Pulse
The Creative Pulse Reflections There’s a moment, right before I begin creating, when the world softens. The kettle hums in the background. Morning light spills across the floor in that familiar way it always does. The house is still. The world feels still. You’ll find...
How We Celebrate Namedays in Greece
How We Celebrate Namedays in Greece Lifestyle There’s something beautifully simple yet meaningful about namedays in Greece. Birthdays often carry their own kind of celebration, but namedays feel different—gentler, more communal and rooted in tradition. They’re about...
Notes 10.25
Writer's Notes, 10.25 " The beauty you see in anything is a reflection of the beauty in you." Crisp autumn mornings have set the tone for making my way to our little bistro table in our office again—the one that catches the morning light just right this time of...
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...