Six stunning kitchens on display at Lafayette Juniors Kitchen Tour
The Lafayette Juniors' 19th Annual Kitchen Tour takes place on Saturday, May 19th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature six beautiful and uniquely styled kitchens located in different neighborhoods of Lafayette.
 By Catherine Kauder
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Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian
"The ax forgets, the tree remembers." African Proverb
Do trees have feelings? Do they communicate with one another? As I watch the leaves unfurl and the blossoms bursting on the trees in ...By Cynthia Brian
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The real estate quarter in review
The first quarter of 2018 showed a continued fast pace in activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate. Supply remains low, so the resulting sales quantities remain low. The average sales price continues to increase in Orinda and Moraga but not in ...By Conrad Bassett
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Bringing back the natives - plants and art in Lamorinda gardens and beyond
Each year, the Bringing Back the Natives organization opens amazing gardens planted mostly with native plants to inspire and delight. This year music and visual art is included in the presentations on Sunday, May 6. As usual the self-guided tour is free, though a ...By Sophie Braccini
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Young Moraga artist launches home furnishings line with Anthropologie
A career as an artist is a dream that many people may wish for, but not see it as a realistic way to make a living. Not so for 26-year-old Bridgette Thornton of Moraga.
After years of ...By Kara Navolio
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Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
"All through the long winter I dream of my garden. On the first warm day of Spring I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar." - Helen Hayes
My ...By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui
Now that spring is truly here, are you feeling inspired by all the local color?
Nature-inspired color is the real purpose of balanced feng shui in your home - color that mirrors the ...By Michele Duffy
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Papa John talks chickens
Papa John is once again helping Lafayette residents with their chickens. As he has done many times before, this spring John Kiefer - better known to most as Papa John - is running workshops from his Lafayette home, sharing his extensive knowledge of chickens.
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Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for March
"Truth is rarely written in ink. It lives in nature." - Martin H. Fischer
It all started with a box of toothpicks.
By Cynthia Brian
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Savvy looks increase bookshelf interest
One of the questions I often get asked is how to style bookshelves without making them look cluttered. For the most part bookshelves are meant for books, right? But lately we are seeing a trend of having shelves look a little more stylish and less like a library. ...By Amanda Eck
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Growing their backyard garden
Sharon Metcalf's "little babies" are consigned to her backyard, and although recent nights have been frosty, her "babies" are staying nice and warm. Their nursery is a greenhouse shed on a raised platform on a Moraga hillside.
By Cathy Dausman
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Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian
In the first three months of the year, we get to be bystanders at numerous red carpet events. Hello awards season! The Golden Globes, People’s Choice, Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Grammy’s, and the Oscars are all highlights. Add the Olympics to this year’s lineup ...By Cynthia Brian
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Springtime is swarm season for honeybees
Swarming is when thousands of honeybees fly together in search of a new home. Swarming is a natural part of the honeybee lifecycle in spring and summer. Swarms fill the sky with a buzzing, swirling cloud of honeybees. Look up! A swarm is an amazing sight.
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Feng Shui
While love should fill every day and every moment of our lives - not just on the annual special occasions - these times can pointedly serve as a useful reminder to refresh and recharge certain areas of our lives and homes for the better. The feng shui of the master ...By Michele Duffy
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Piping problems
Plumbing runs largely unseen through our homes, serving to bring us comfort and cleanliness. "Plumb' is from the Latin "plumbum" for lead, because in the early days of plumbing that's the material that was used for piping. Lead was cheap, easy to form, easy to solder, ...By B. B. Kaye
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA