by Sue Schlabach | Mar 19, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design, Housewares, Interior Design, Scandinavia
Gudrun Sjõdén opened a shop in Soho the week after we were in New York. I was sorry to miss the grand opening. Her spring and summer collection is full of color and pattern—as I’ve come to expect—but she continues to create settings that are visually...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 21, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Two nights ago R and I crawled into bed grumbling about snow and cold and wind. We’ve had our fair share of each lately. We love snow, usually. But winter was wearing us down. How funny, then, to wake up to winter paradise the next morning. It’s...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 8, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Color, Creativity, Design, Handmade, India, Sewing, Weaving, Winter
The snow is piling up, just as they said. For once the hype seems true. My main happiness is watching it obscure all the broken branches under the trees, and the last piles of garden debris I raked up but never hauled to the compost pile. And then there is the...
by Sue Schlabach | Nov 29, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Artists, Creativity, Design, England, Fashion, Handmade, London, Sewing
Where I left you on Columbia Road in London, not so long ago, was Vintage Heaven and Cake Hole. Oh to be there today, nibbling cake and sipping tea. I am, however content to be here this morning. There is a dusting of snow on the hillside and animals waiting at the...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 3, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Family, Farm Life, Ireland, Travel
Meet Azalea. She joined our little flock yesterday which brings us back to four sheep after the loss of Oscar in August. She is a Navajo Churro breed. Our others are Dorset crosses. Today got me thinking of our first serious discussion about raising lambs. We...
by Sue Schlabach | Aug 28, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Chickens, Eating and Cooking, Family, Farm Life, Garden, Recipes, Summer, Vermont
Tonight’s dinner of braised root vegetables was seasoned with bouquet garni—a pleasing little bundle of parsley, thyme and bay. We ate the sweet potatoes, carrots, and beets over gnocchi, drizzled with the pan juices, butter, and chopped herbs. The wind picked...
