The Blue Giraffe

Living (and coping?) in this crazy, covid world. With the wedding just a week away, and the potential for a lockdown looming in the...

As a transplant to this country, I had never celebrated Thanksgiving before, and the thought of having a big turkey dinner the week...

The no-fuss, easy-peasy way to finding your space and enjoying your own little bit of happy. Not to be corny, but writing isn't something...

Have you ever hugged a curvy girl in spanx? Yes, they serve their purpose for making us feel better about ourselves in a fancy dress,...

Yesterday, I was spending some quality time with my geraniums....

A long time ago, my grandparents moved from their picturesque town in the north of England to a bustling suburb just outside of London....

I was getting to know someone new the other day. We were sharing parts of our lives, and I was just saying how lucky I was, when she...

Happy New Year! 10 Life lessons from a four year old...No 3; Please and thank you will always get you more goldfish.

It seems that my car is often a catalyst for my thoughts...the perfect place to analyze and organize my life.

It's the day before Thanksgiving, and there's such a sense of urgency in the air that it is starting to feel a bit unpleasant... As we...

...lucky for me, appreciating something beautiful doesn't need words, money, or someone else's approval :-)

As most of you know, my blog has been a bit absent (I say that kindly :-) over the last couple of years, but now I'm happy to say that...

Once, the door bell rang, and I hastily gathered up my mess (you know, those odds and ends that seem to multiply on your dining room...

Like so many of you, the thought of crawling into bed with a pair of freshly-laundered, soft, white cotton sheets at the end of the day...

Someone asked me recently if I could repost this Quick Decorating Idea List for them again (so that they could print it out and add it to...

Just in case you didn’t know, this week (Thursday, September 12th, 2019) brings us yet another round of scintillating Democratic...

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Fourteen years ago, my daughter and I started celebrating Mother’s Day by ourselves. With an emotionally chaotic home life, and a daily...

Hi! I hope you’re all doing well and have had a wonderful summer! Not quite sure how it went so quickly, but it was a good one, filled...

When I got divorced, it was rare. I remember writing letters to my daughter’s teacher’s to tell them about it; making sure that she was...