My Marrakesh

I feel so lucky.  Yes, so lucky to be in this month's Lonny Magazine.  Editor in Chief Michelle Adams was so much fun to work with (We would be doing a lot of hanging out if she were living in Marrakesh!).  Photographer Patrick Cline shot only in film and was such a pro.  Writer Robert Leleux is the loveliest person ever (and has this book out and this one, too).   Read the whole issue right here. *************** My book, Marrakesh by Design is in the...

Produced by Griyo TV and Music PS I'm in the US.  Would love to meet you.  Here's my schedule. PPS  My book is shipping!  Eeek!  So very excited (and a little nervous...).  If you do pick it up, I'd be so grateful for your review.  

Dear friends, I'm leaving tomorrow for my little US book tour for Marrakesh by Design.  I can't tell you how much it would mean to me to meet you!  My connection to you in this olive grove of mine in Marrakesh is mostly virtual.  Wouldn't it be so nice to meet in real life' Here's the schedule below.  It's going to be a little bit of a balancing act on my part:-) WASHINGTON, DC Thursday, May 3, 6:00 p.m. WASHINGTON DESIGN CENTER, 300 D Street...

It was a sunny day in Marrakech when I went to Geneva to attend the Salon du Livre.  Morocco was the guest of honor. So exciting! There were pretty girls in Moroccan dress discreetly reminding us at every corner. Here's a detail of the embroidered Moroccan caftan one was wearing. Master craftsman had been brought over from Morocco to share on Moroccan design.  One made beautiful turned wood with his feet!  (Note to self: train feet to get craftier!)  ...

So many heartfelt comments, so many thoughtful emails.  Thank you.  I read and reflected on each and every one.  While I long for more uncomplicated friendships in Marrakesh I still feel very lucky.  Because I have a friend.  Of the very, well, best kind.  I've known her for over 20 years.  We used to work together, we used to live together.  With her I speak a secret language and share an unwritten code.  We wear the same shoe size and have...

I was thinking that Spring is the time for many things.  Like Spring cleaning.  It's a time to get out our brooms and tackle the debris under the bed and couch.  A time to open the closets and toss the faded¸ dingy, and unused.   But more than our homes, Spring cleaning should tackle the dust balls that reside in the corners of our minds.  Those dark and wintery ideas that hold us down.  The thoughts that are old, crumpled, and unnecessary...

I was thinking about friendships.  How complex they are and how fragile.  How important it is to treat them with respect.  To not demand too much from your friends.  And to never demand so much that it destabilizes the nature of what you have together.  Friendships must be a give and take.  They mustn't be a give-give-give or a take-take-take.  There must be some sort of equilibrium. I long for friends.  Very much.  But recently I find...

They don't let you take pictures at the Cirque du Soleil.  Perhaps because they have the keys to The Point.  To What It's All About.  To the Secrets of the Universe.   At the Cirque du Soleil, no one is governed by fear, only driven by curiosity.   No one says Oh No! What if........?  They say Oh Yes! What if..........?     Can I do 3 flips, not 2?  Can I reach farther, sing longer, jump higher'   Can I be better'  Better...

I had told you about the trepidation.  About how it sat in the cardboard box, unopened -- my book, Marrakesh by Design.   My husband peeked his head through the door.  Well' he said.   No, I replied. Not yet. The night passed, the day passed, the night passed.  My book sat in its cardboard box, the seal unbroken. And then I opened it quietly, with no one around.   It was bigger than I thought.  I opened to the first page, and then the next page,...

Oh I could try to tell you. I could try to tell you about the Moroccan Moussem de Tan Tan, the world's largest gathering of nomads. I could try to put it together in words.  To tell you about the Bedouins.  To talk about the children with their koranic boards.  To describe the dromedaries -- the way they moved on the field in tight formation.  And about the cameleers with their origami-like turbans. I could try to explain about the horses and the charging on the...