Along the Camino Portugués, an ancient pilgrim route from Portugal to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain, traditional wayfinding methods have been replaced with modern,…
The star of this week’s post is the Rose of Sharon. This flowering shrub, officially Hibiscus syriacus, is also known as Althea or Hardy Hibiscus. It’s a prolific…
Eye miniatures were a thing about 200 years ago. These miniature portraits, usually painted with watercolor on ivory and incorporated into jewelry, focused solely on the eye. I’m…
It started out like any other Sunday, lazily sipping coffee and easing into the day—an ordinary Sunday morning. An hour or so later, I found myself surrounded by…
Anyone who has ever visited South Carolina’s Lowcountry would be familiar with the sweetgrass basket. These baskets, arguably the region’s best known art form, are rooted in Gullah…