Joy There is a video currently making its way through the ether, perhaps you have seen it. It features a wedding party’s merry entrance do...

Ideas on Film Over the past few months, I have had several visitors tell me that my bedroom reminds them of Hogwart’s Gryffindor house from...

An Enchanted Souvenir In my part of the world, this was a day rarer than pigs in flight. Here, the month of July is more likely to be found ...

The Orchestra They are our artists in residence each summer, miniature virtuosos returning every year to serenade us in the darkness....

A Dozen Favourite Things For Summer! 1. The beautiful, whimsical artwork of Amber Alexander , shown above. Visit her and see what I mean. 2...

There Is No Frigate Like A Book..... “The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door. ” Th...

The Very Definition of Summer If summer could be defined without words, if its very essence could be gathered up enmasse - from a Provencal...

Walking Home On A Night In Midsummer A firefly followed me home last night. Bobbing and bouncing like a fairy’s torch, it appeared at my sho...

I Like Americans by Edna St. Vincent Millay I like Americans. You may say what you will, they are the nicest people in the world. They sleep...

Fireworks This is the week I think of the owls, for this is the week when the fireworks come. On a night very soon, on the heels of a faintl...

Lions and Supermodels Like the bright golden ring on a carousel, fame is a most attractive thing to a lot of people; they stretch out their ...

Summer Reading Whenever I find a cartoon particularly funny, it is usually because I recognize a bit of myself within it. For instance, I h...

Another Summer Darkness came late last night, as though the entire hemisphere was too excited to sleep. The skies stayed awake in celebrat...

The Influence of Gardenias They are the creamy conjurers of memory, summoning lazy walks in white linen dresses beneath trees hung heavy wit...

Edward ... Inside On A Hot Afternoon Toadlike, almost sinister, the hot day squatted atop the ivy-covered cottage, claiming the afternoon f...

Rydal Mount Come with me..... It is an enthusiastic Virginia Creeper that encircles the house like a necklace of fire, its royal gemst...

Umbrellas and Bumbershoots To walk down the street, under an umbrella, in the rain, is a decidedly pleasant activity for a human being. Th...

One Whole Year! I can hardly believe it, but the calendar does not lie. Today is the one year anniversary of From the House of Edward! A...

The Fifth Element It was a linen shirt, long sleeved and whisper pink, and I stood in Macy’s considering it on a quiet Thursday afternoon. ...

June Is Bustin’ Out All Over March went out like a lion Awakin' up the water in the bay; Then April cried and stepped aside, And along c...