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I love to connect with my readers, and in my monthly newsletter, I share my thoughts, updates about events, a discussion of what I've been reading, stories from life in Connecticut, and much more. Feel free to browse my past newsletters and stop by at the beginning of each month to read my latest note to you.

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Photo by Elissa

I’m in love with my new Roger Mühl painting!

September 2026

9/1/2026

I love you!

Happy September. My most exciting news from the past month is the arrival of my new painting!

I hope you soaked in all the joy your heart could hold in August. I’m embracing the new beginning of September’s song.

Hill-Stead Museum

There’s something intimate and privileged about being able to enjoy art in the home of the collector. This gem of an art museum is a 1901 Colonial Revival–style house in Farmington, Connecticut. It was named one of the best small-town art museums in America by Travel + Leisure.

The only way to tour the museum is with a guide. All our bags were locked in cubbies. We were told an extraordinary story about a wealthy art collector who made his money in iron, lived in Ohio and whose daughter attended Miss Porter’s, the prestigious boarding school in Farmington.

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Photo by Elissa

I’m in love with my new Roger Mühl painting!

September 2026

9/1/2026

I love you!

Happy September. My most exciting news from the past month is the arrival of my new painting!

I hope you soaked in all the joy your heart could hold in August. I’m embracing the new beginning of September’s song.

Hill-Stead Museum

There’s something intimate ...

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Photo by Elissa

My favorite Pucci umbrella helps me enjoy the rain.

August 2026

8/1/2026

I love you! I trust you had a happy July 4th, America’s 250th birthday! Every one of us celebrated “America the beautiful” with passionate enthusiasm. We had our village parade that went all out to bring our community to the streets, waving flags and cheering. There were brass bands ...

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Photo by Elissa

I adore the foxgloves growing in Charlie’s front yard!

July 2026

7/1/2026

I love you. Happy July 2026.

The month of June in Stonington Village seemed magically enchanted. Our gardens are in peak bloom. We’ve enjoyed seeing all the boats return to their summer places in the harbor, getting ready for the 250th anniversary celebration of our independence.

I want ...

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Photo by Elissa

Soaking up the sun in the garden.

June 2026

6/1/2026

I love you.

The merry month of May brought me a great deal of joy. Connecticut and Rhode Island have breathtakingly beautiful rhododendron and azalea, as well as dogwood’s graceful splendor. The air has been perfumed with lilac and lily-of-the-valley.

Wherever I walk or where I come and go ...

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Photo by Kerri

My inside hydrangeas are making me even more excited for hydrangea in my garden!

May 2026

5/1/2026

I love you! Happy merry month of May! Our gardens are proving that April showers do bring May flowers. The lilies of the valley are popping up all around the small brick floor in the garden with the table and chairs. When Peter and I were married on May 18 ...

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Photo by Elissa

A host of golden daffodils!

April 2026

4/1/2026

I love you!

This month I want to celebrate Nature’s rebirth. As we move into the light, let’s let the poet and philosopher writers fill our hearts with timeless, inspiring truths. Let their examples inspire us to act as though we were enlightened.

Begin with an open, loving ...

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Photo by Elissa

Cheers to the Irish!

March 2026

3/1/2026

I love you!

Thank you for all your loving communications, kind words and open hearts. The whole month of February was a lovefest that made me feel light, open and vitally alive. I felt a sense of sacred connection, one with the universal energy. When you reach out to me ...

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Photo by Elissa

I love my Nespresso machine with my crema!

February 2026

2/1/2026

I love you. Happy month of love! We can choose to pause, take a deep, contemplative breath this February and concentrate our energies on all the ways we can express our love of life.

Saint Augustine knew he was in love with living. Emily Dickinson understood that “Love is all ...

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Photo by Elissa

Happy New Year!

January 2026

1/1/2026

I love you! 

Happy New Year! I am looking forward to beginning 2026 with a grateful heart, full of love.

This past year has demonstrated that there are so many kind earth angels that quietly grace our lives in small but meaningful ways. I’m humbled to feel the warmth ...

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WELCOME

I love to connect with my readers, and in my monthly newsletter, I share my thoughts, updates about events, a discussion of what I've been reading, stories from life in Connecticut, and much more. Feel free to browse my past newsletters and stop by at the beginning of each month to read my latest note to you.