Kinfolk Magazine

"It didn't take me long to learn that my heart was endeared to small intimate gatherings, those that are defined by good food, great background music and honest conversation." So says Saer Richards in the debut issue of Kinfolk magazine, and so says my heart.

I did a mental happy dance when I happened upon Kinfolk, the magazine devoted to small gatherings. The first issue is full of beautiful stories with ideas for one, two, or a few.







And it's littered with perfect quotes, like this one from Thoreau:

"I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society."

I love a well-chosen quote.



And don't you love the word kinfolk? Let's bring it back into everyday speech. I'm going to start referring to my closest friends as my kinfolk. Because they are.

An Heirloom From A Stranger

Are you reading Matchbook Magazine? It's one of the many of online magazines to launch recently and it's lovely so far. A bit like the best parts of your favorite blogs, with a little more time to ponder their subjects. I really enjoyed the profile in the current issue of Oklahoma design blogger Sarah Kate Huff.



She mentions that when she lived in Italy, she came to appreciate vintage items as "simply an heirloom from a stranger." Don't you love that? In the same way that a family heirloom makes you remember the person who gave it to you, a vintage cake stand makes me wonder about the woman who owned it before me. Did she make a chocolate cake once a week and decorate it while dressed like Donna Reed? Or was it a wedding gift that gathered dust in a cupboard? So fun to think about. An heirloom from a stranger.



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