The Abundance of Less
The abundance of less. How beautiful, how true, how striking. I am so glad that Andy Couturier changed the title of his book, which was first published in 2009 under the name A Different Kind of...
View ArticleS A Y A Designs: Turning Heads for the Right Reasons
I have cut down how much I talk about fashion around here significantly. That’s partly because I want to embody the minimalist and mindful philosophy I so often support and embrace. It’s also because...
View ArticleUmana Riservatezza
Umana riservatezza. Human privacy. This phrase. This phrase has never had more meaning than now. And this Brunello Cucinelli campaign. It speaks a thousand words and my own thoughts, thoughts I...
View ArticleLife Lessons from Katharine Hepburn
Life is made up of strings of short stories. It’s fast-paced and meandering. That’s how Katharine Hepburn’s autobiography goes. I like that. It’s different than other memoirs, very befitting of its...
View ArticlePay It Forward with A Book
A conscious gift can be many different things. I especially love the ones that are thoughtful – meaningful for the person receiving it, but also good for the planet. But there is nothing I love to...
View ArticleA Passion for Plant Based Food (just in Time for Christmas): Interview with...
The perfect dessert for the festive season: Cinnamon fried winter apples with nutty crumble photo by Fanny Hansson She is one of the foremost voices of modern, plant based home cooking. Therese...
View ArticleMy New Roots: Life Lessons from Sarah Britton
I have a passion for cook books. Not only because of the inspiration you can find in the sum of recipes thoughtfully gathered in one place, but because a good cook book means so much more than that....
View ArticleLiving with Intention: Seek Minimal
Joss Bacalla, founder of Seek Minimal | photo credit: Olivia Lopez At the beginning of the year, in my letter from the editor, I was writing about some of the changes I have made in my lifestyle in...
View ArticleWunder Workshop: Interview with Zoe Lind van’t Hof
Zoe Lind van’t Hof, co-founder of Wunder Workshop | photo: Jutta Klee Food as medicine. Nature as the source of our wellbeing. Mindfulness as the pathway to happiness. These practices have become an...
View ArticleReused Remade: Raising Awareness with Beautiful Design
photo: Reused Remade I grew up in a household that valued the weight of balance and self-made sustainable success. There were no plastic bags in our home when I grew up, just a couple of cotton bags...
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