The Bespoke Rose

Avon, Tupperware, and Mary Kay. Chances are, you remember these iconic brand names, catalogs or parties as mainstays from your mom's or...

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William Shakespeare famously penned and opined, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” As a student of...

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*Love is understanding As 1960's rock artists The Byrds famously expressed in the era-defining song "Turn, Turn, Turn", to everything...

Let Love Be Your Energy- Robbie Williams Into the Great Wide Open- Tom Petty Don't Steal Our Sun- The Thrills California- Phantom Planet...

*To everything there is a season... One of the few upsides to living in a world in the throes of a global pandemic, is that many of the...

by Becky Gudknecht It takes a powerful force, man-made or natural, to shift the boundaries of the anthropocentric world. Curious...

Maybe, I Don’t Really Want To Know* Photo by Irina Iriser I’m sure that I’m not alone in looking for lessons hidden in the realities of...

Little Darling, It’s Been a Long, Cold, Lonely Winter* While it’s common to hear someone say that they love bridges, it’s not too often...

“When something’s dark…”* I’ve always believed that bridges are magical. And one bridge that holds special significance for me has always...

“Where troubles melt like lemon drops”* We all have our own personal version of “Over the Rainbow”: a faraway place where we can go or a...

I only recently realized that I had been doing the one thing required to miss this January’s Netflix phenomenon Tidying Up with Marie...