life

Last night when I walked into our bedroom Ralph’s suitcase was sitting beside our bed. The same suitcase that he’s used for…

I don’t have a photo of the finished cake. There, I said it or wrote it – whatever – I’ve admitted to…

I can spot a good cook at a thousand meters. Good cooks give themselves away without knowing it. Of course you have…

Our last day together took Meg and me on an adventure. That’s what she called our walks when she was little. She…

It’s hard to believe that it has been a year since we lost our beloved little Molly. Having never owned a pet…

Event planner extraordinaire, Sara Hooton with her adoring soon to be a bride sister Meg. Those smiles were pretty much permanent all weekend!…

In two sleeps, my daughters and their partners will be home. You know the old adage ‘I’m not losing a daughter; I’m…

The Hooton family is in total ‘get ready for Meg’s bridal shower’ mode! Meggie asked her sisters Kate and Sara to stand as…

There was a time when this fence belonged to a beloved piece of farmland.  Imagine my sweet Hampstead, sixty years ago, before…

Life is bursting everywhere I look. The farmer next to us was surprised to learn that the gelding he was boarding for…