Category: 30 Days

  • Magic – 1

    Magic – 1

    At the beginning of the year, I declared 2026 to be my “year of magic.” I expect that is going to look different from month to month, but considering that my part of the Carolinas had its first big, pure-powder snowstorm in easily ten years yesterday and that today was all bluebird skies and wonder…

  • Bonus Day – Take Inspired Action

    Bonus Day – Take Inspired Action

    Yes, we have completed our official tour through Fiona Ferris’s 30 Chic Days, but she includes a “bonus day” at the end, so here’s one last post. How appropriate that this falls on New Year’s Eve as we pause at the threshold of a new year. On this final entry, Mme. Ferris encourages us to “take…

  • Day 30 – Immerse Yourself

    Day 30 – Immerse Yourself

    For Day 30, Mme. Ferris really brings everything together by putting the focus on “immerse yourself in sensuous beauty.” What she’s suggesting here is that we consciously work every day to slow down and appreciate all of our senses. It would be very, very easy for this entry to be useless fluff, but she keeps…