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Highlights from the week: grabbed a cocktail with my sister wearing this J. McLaughlin dress (on sale) and the fabulous Elizabeth belt. The latter is noteworthy because it has no pre-bored holes, so you can cinch it at EXACTLY the most comfortable spot for you. I wore with my Dans La Main seagrass kelly bag and a pair of old Aquazzura slides from a limited edition collab they did with De Gournay. I LOVE these slides. I found a pair on The Real Real for someone who wears a size 7! [TAG0] [TAG1] Earlier this week, Mr. Magpie and I...

Swirls of cheese, an insanely golden crispy cheese crust, and soft fluffy crumb. This cheese bread is every cheese-loving carb-monsters’ dream come true! The clincher: it’s a very easy, no-knead bread recipe based on the beloved No-Knead Crusty Artisan Bread. Are you ready for this??! Cheese Bread This is a bread you’d struggle to buy. Because I just can’t see any bakery cramming in as much cheese as I do. 250g – that’s half a pound! For un-missable cheese flavour. Indulgent? Excessive? Perhaps. But if I’m going to make a cheese bread, I want to do it right! None of...

You may have never given it much thought but rubber has been around for a very long time. With all the conclusive evidence, historians agree that the ancient Mayans and Aztecs had several uses for rubber dating back hundreds of years ago. Besides being found inside balls for their notorious sacrificial games, these Latin American natives used the elastic material from a rubber tree to make tools, shoes, medicines, and much more. So, instead of keeping those rubber bands in your junk drawers and never using them for the standard methods, it’s time to think creatively. A couple of rubber...

Sometimes characters in books take on lives of their own – so much so that they end up steering the plot or demand to be placed in a different book altogether. That’s what happened with Wendy Heard’s most recent book, “You Can Trust Me,” out June 13 from Bantam. Related: Sign up for our free newsletter about books, authors, reading and more A writer of what she calls “dark little stories” for adults and young adults, Heard says her main character, Summer, had nearly appeared in two of her earlier books before Heard found the story that was right for her....

[TAG0] A Fishing Pole, A Picnic and A Book: Simple Activities in Educational Terms ~ Written by Lusi Austin from That Homeschool Life Having home schooled three older kiddos and now homeschooling their two younger siblings, has given me an unexpected gift: perspective. The blessing of perspective is that I can easily see the big picture. I have experienced how fast time really flies. I have learned to not sweat the unimportant things. I’ve learned to give more time to the things that matter most. I see how simple experiences can be learning opportunities.  I’ve now learned how to express the...