Hi, I’m Kate — a 40-something former Londoner now living up North, sharing longform reflections from this quiet corner of the internet since 2009. Inspired by the slower days of blogging, I write about relaxed interiors, cultural travel and the rituals of everyday life with my Guatemalan husband and our miniature dachshund, Paco. This space is for the women who came of age before content, and remember blogging before it was branding. If that sounds like you, I think you’ll feel at home here.
Hi, I’m Kate — a 40-something former Londoner now living up North, sharing longform reflections from this quiet corner of the internet since 2009. Inspired by the slower days of blogging, I write about relaxed interiors, cultural travel and the rituals of everyday life with my Guatemalan husband and our miniature dachshund, Paco. This space is for the women who came of age before content, and remember blogging before it was branding. If that sounds like you, I think you’ll feel at home here.
LATEST POSTS
In praise of white walls.
I recently received a pre-publication copy of Home for Now: Living Well Without Staying Long** from Gestalten (published today). The
On waking too hot.
3am alertness arrives without warning, a switch thrown somewhere in the body’s circuitry, and by the time I’ve registered it,
Coffee & Conversations: Phoebe & Isobel of Project Pico.
I can’t remember how I first came across Pico Goods. I think it was originally through one of their online
The art of intentional gift giving.
Right, let’s be honest about something: gift-giving at Christmas often feels more like obligation than desire, doesn’t it? Especially at
Budapest in 3 days: an honest first-timer’s guide.
Planning a trip to Budapest? Here’s what actually works, what’s overrated and what I wish I’d known before I went.
A city that hums in two keys.
We arrived in Budapest at night, which meant the city withheld itself. Just streetlights, the occasional lit window, the Danube
