5 Tips for Downsizing Christmas Decor

Especially during these times, oh, how we appreciate the beauty and serenity of a well-designed room or home. These restorative spaces are so often the perfect balm for our weary souls. But wait, here comes Christmas decorating time and with it the temptation and...

Flowers for Lola

  Upon returning to my home after a visit with my 90-year-old special lady friend, Lola, I am recalling some of my late dad’s words to me at the NC beach house while he observed me with tons of family around, “Mitz, you are never going to be alone.” He meant of...

Christmas Has Come to Cypress

Christmas has come to our home, Cypress! It doesn’t matter that I’ve decorated for Christmas 40-plus times before. There is a specialness that only this season brings each year. When the kids were growing up, we did all the holidays as Easter and such. But...