A Curated Guide to Slow Living
There are no doors. Or, none that are closed. It is evening when we make our way to Fort Kochi, the oldest European settlement in India, as the guidebooks say. Our hotel, just at the curve of Napier Road, is a stately colonial building that’s …
I have spent three days wandering through the broad tree-lined roads of Fort Kochi, full of store fronts and home stays and boutique hotels that seem plucked out of a Colonial fairytale. We walk for most, and then halt more than that, entering doorways more …
Object: Walnut-Wood Tray Provenance: Kashmir, 1950s Description: A raised tray carved from walnut wood. Decorated with the leaves of the Nelumbo Nucifera, the Indian lotus, one of the two species of the aquatic plant from the Nelumbonacea family, and flowers, perhaps roses. The piece was …
Object: Camel Nose Peg Provenance: Jaipur Description: This wooden object of beauty is a camel nose peg. It is used by human handlers to steer the large, long-necked ungulate mammal of an arid country. With a flat bottom and a treacherous spike, the peg is …
How do you decide that something is right for you? You will never know. Unless you dive right in to it, head down, feet up. Five books led inspired me to at least think about a simpler life. Being a hoarder and being trapped in …
