Author: Betsy Houlton - Page 2

Photo essay: Ferro battuto

I was bitten by the blacksmithing bug late in my twenties. It was during a visit to a lovingly [...]

If you’re looking for a guide on how to live with other people and be communal, you might read [...]

It seemed like a lifetime had passed since I lived at the Abbey of San Vincenzo, in Isernia, Italy. [...]

Ancient abbeys dot the map of Normandy. Most famous is the soaring Mont Saint Michel, which UNESCO has deemed [...]

True to type, I was a New York City kid, aware of the connections between a carton of milk [...]

Occasionally a current event breathes new life into a forgotten time. In 1992, I spent a considerable period with [...]

Something I have learned to “be on the lookout for,” living here in the countryside of Normandy, France, is [...]