Stylish Seasonal Living™ Blog

Number 1 asked question at Ivy Boutique... Do you live upstairs?  Nope.  There's an office upstairs, where all the "work" happens!  See, there's a ...

Spring is the time to appreciate the vernal equinox (on or about March 21). It's the time when night and day are of equal (hence equinox!) length ...

There's nothing magical about January 1, so why not reset four times a year? May + October is about YOU and your RELATIONSHIP with YOURSELF. You've...

More about the rarely talked about mysterious 5th Season, Late Summer... It's a season (August 5-Autumnal Equinox) within a season (Summer) so it r...

There's a 5th Season... Late Summer is a separate season, according to traditional Chinese medicine (corresponding to the Earth element).  Late Sum...

PART ONE:  According to the Self and Motivation Lab at the University of New Buffalo, there are 3 things that wreck motivation: loss of autonomy, c...

Celebrate the first day of SPRING* with a floral tea (it's spring in a cup) or a tonic! Since SPRING is the season of blooms and buds, make an aro...

So... the last post from 2018...  2 0 1 8... Was about being in a time warp, not being present and not taking care of self-care.  And now, here we ...

Where the hell have we been since February!?  I no longer have any sense of timing. It's now almost August.  Looks like I need re-read my blogs abo...

In the tradition of putting your oxygen mask on first before helping others, self-care is no longer a luxury or frivolous.  It is necessary.    Th...

Part Deux: Finding Your Look Why is this important?  Because when you feel comfortable (that doesn't mean you're wearing yoga pants) you feel more ...

Throughout the year, we’re going to cover, or at least attempt to cover, everything about clothing.  Starting first with the basics… FIT:  A good ...