Frances Mayes's Journal Travel, Food, Books, People

This weekend we found a big fluffy cedar down in the driveway. It was only about twelve years old so shouldn’t have fallen. No wind. No apparent disease.  Just gave up the ghost.  (What DOES that really mean??)  Meanwhile, we’re taking down lots of truly dead trees along our lane, ripping out ivy, and securing [...]

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Now that trip-planning season and winter dreaming are intersecting, I want to recommend two big, coffee-table books. You won’t be packing them in your suitcase, but perhaps will copy lots of info from them. As you see, I wrote a foreword for the Italian one. It’s just a brief note. The real work was not [...]

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In the current issue of Martha Stewart Living, I read the article on Martha’s workroom. My first reaction was, “This is obsessive.” My second was that I would love to have such an orderly space for projects.  On a smaller scale, I saw @ElbieSwan on Twitter. She’d reorganized her pantry so nicely. I have [...]

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Buona domenica, Several people wrote that they can’t find me on Facebook.  I looked into it and it is confusing.
When you log into Facebook–and you must have an account to do so–two categories come up.  Pages and People.
Under Pages, there are several Frances Mayes entries which other people have started.  One is a “fan” page.
Under [...]

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I have signed on for Twitter and Facebook.  For one who still likes ink pens, the process was eye-opening. Most startling to me was when the links start scrolling down and I realized that friends know friends when I had no idea that they did. Or that someone I barely know in Washington is “friends” [...]

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