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Chatting with KIMBERLY WILSON is always a pleasure— we may have grown up in very different parts of this country– Kimberly grew up in Oklahoma, I grew up in Pennsylvania– but we are so deeply connected on key aspects of living: meditation, yoga, art, writing, Paris, dogs, loving being in nature, nourished by small city culture and on and on and on . . . Yet, Kimberly is truly one of a kind. In this conversation you will hear me gushing a bit but that’s because … View Post

It is easy sometimes to forget all the decidedly unglamorous work that goes on behind a great company. This is especially true for small businesses whose product is all about beauty, light and creativity. And yet, the simple fact is you can be supremely talented and a true original but without a solid foundation in smooth operating systems and stellar organization, you will not succeed. However, if you are lucky enough to have a creative genius AND a rockstar business developer leading the enterprise, you might look … View Post

All of these chats I share with you at this Morning on the Dock are dear to my heart, but I have to say, this one I am posting today of a conversation I had with STEPHINIE MINER feels particularly personal. Perhaps because we are both deep introverts and connect on that vibration? Perhaps because she actually lives near enough for us to get together in person and for me to visit her amazing gardens? Perhaps because her work with herbs and plants is my … View Post

If you go to JENNIFER BELTHOFF‘s ‘my story’ page at her site, you will find that she lists the five most altering experiences of her life (so far) — attending Squam in 2008 is the first thing she names! *mind blown* Although she has been wonderful in expressing this to me over the years— I think seeing it there in black and white really made it hit home for me. The power of words. How we shape them, how we place them, how we use … View Post

photos above courtesy of Page Sargisson Jewelry One of the most important reminders that spending time with PAGE SARGISSON has bopped me on the head with: Don’t Believe in Images! I know this, of course. Of COURSE I know this, right? We all know that you can’t know a person just by what you see on the surface and yet, I obviously needed to learn that lesson once more as Page delivered it in spades. I will admit, I assigned ‘meaning’ to so much of … View Post