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A Lesson in Geography and Modesty

There’s nothing like a worldly person to remind you you’re not.

When I meet Merveille Kasongo, her body language reads like one of those signs on the back of a semitruck that warn: “Stay back 200 feet.” Her arms remains locked at her sides and without smiling she looks directly at me with big dark eyes lined with lashes so thick I wonder how they could be real. My brassy American sensibilities are, of course, injured.

A Week in Review: Turnips

A Week in Review. Recipes, Artwork, Floral Design and Interiors inspired by a simple turnip.

Wine Like Flowers

Words, Floral Design and Photography by Ashley Bailey I like my wine like I like my flowers –blood red.  I don’t do Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio or Riesling. I do do […]