Dear Sam, I'm much better, thank you. I'm at that stage after being poorly when you fully appreciate being able to do all the everyday things that it's easy to take for granted when you're feeling well. So, your last post about the benefits of a simple daily task like making the bed really struck a chord…
Our Friday Food for Thought today is from Michelangelo di Lodovico Bunarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564), sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
Dear Claire, I hope you are fully recovered now and enjoying some early summer sunshine. After a thoroughly wet and chilly spring, the days are finally beginning to warm up here – happily, because it's graduation season! This is the time when commencement speakers share their advice with all those graduates about to embark…
Staircase 9 17's Bookshelf choice for June is The Duke's Children, the last of Anthony Trollope's novels about the Palliser family and their circle. The plot has a dash of Downton Abbey and it's an immersive read, full of engaging characters.
Today's Friday Food for Thought is from Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) Actress, dancer, humanitarian ambassador, and style icon.
