The other Sunday I had a lovely massage. As I sat in the waiting area with a warm neck wrap and a cup of mint chamomile tea, I started to unwind and wondered why it had taken me so long to make this appointment. This massage was a gift, and I had been delighted when […]
Investing in beauty
If you’ve been reading my newsletters for the past few months, you know that I am passionate about using beautiful things in everyday life and believe that it makes a difference. This month I want to share one of the first times I made a significant decision to invest in beauty. As a graduate student […]
Ordinary and extraordinary beauty
Several years ago I traveled back to India, to the foothills of the Himalayas where I grew up. My class was having a reunion in conjunction with our school’s 150th anniversary celebration. On the last morning our seventh grade homeroom teacher invited us to a sunrise breakfast. A handful of us arrived on time and […]
Honoring the ordinary
I’ve been talking with friends about the ways they bring beauty into their everyday lives and have been moved by the depth of their responses. I decided to ask myself the questions I’ve been asking friends: What’s one thing you do to bring beauty into your everyday life? What difference does it make? Why is […]
An experiment with beauty
I have been conducting a little experiment. What I’m learning from this experiment is deepening my understanding of the importance of beauty in the everyday and so I want to share it with you. On Friday I went through my closet removing the clothes I no longer wear. When I looked at what remained, I […]
