Katonah Yoga with Brittany Kraft
Brittany Kraft is my favorite yoga teacher. She teaches Katonah Yoga and you can sign up for her classes here.
Cinnamon, Cardamom and Other Fall Spices
DIY Macrame Hanging Chandelier Lampshade
A few motifs for this lampshade chandelier: the shapes that I think are elegant in this lampshade are the flower of life and infinity shapes. The flower of life shape can be achieved by a closely woven together double half hitch. It looks like circles layered over each other. The infinity shape comes from a double josephine knot. DIY Macrame Hanging Chandelier Materials white cotton rope blue cotton rope gold hoop gold chain – I used a planter hanging chain DIY Macrame Hanging Chandelier Tutorial Prep materials – cut 45 strands of rope three full arms widths long (from hand to hand). There are 9 diamonds in this pattern, and…
Holiday Bites
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Opening
I’m so grateful to have been able to attend the opening of the Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi last weekend, along with my family. This is my grandmother, Harriet Causey DeCell Kuykendahl, who is an amazing woman. She was a teacher in Yazoo City, Mississippi, teaching all levels and focusing on college prep and English. My grandfather, Herman Brister DeCell, was one of the U.S. State Senators who passed integration in Mississippi. When he was a young man he was drafted to serve in World War II. Upon returning, he finished his university studies in Mississippi followed by a law degree from Harvard and returned to Mississippi to practice. My…
