Joan & Jeff Stanford: HUMAN TO HUMAN CONNECTION
Sometimes we don’t realize how important we are to some guests. We have been innkeeping long enough to remember when guests made reservations by phone. Of course, this was [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: FOREST REFLECTIONS
We often write about connecting to nature and making decisions to lessen our footprint. Doing this here – for example, our organic farming, landscaping with trees, even if they [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: This Coastal California inn might just change your life
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Jeff & Joan Stanford: AN APRIL WELCOME
Last week, during Spring Break, we hosted families enjoying time together. Some of our best reviews are from children. They leave us drawings and notes that we treasure. They [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: WELCOME SPRING
The trees are in bud, the daffodils, camelias, Australian teas blooming, and our clocks have sprung forward. We welcome the rebirth of the trees and the colors of the [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: A VALENTINE FOR ANIMALS
Not long ago one of our guests asked to show us something. We thought he intended to recommend a book he believed should be offered in our bookshop. We [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025
For the first time in our innkeeping lives we did not send a Holiday card featuring art by Alex and Kate when young children. Over the past few years [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: OUR NEW RESCUE DONKEYS!
We are so excited to welcome the newest members of our family! Four rescue Donkeys!Sid was hoping we'd name them Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, and [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: Spring Awakens
Spring’s return in the Northern Hemisphere is a celebration of vibrant renewal – awakening from winter. But there’s a deeper message, regardless of one’s faith: the affirmation of change, [...]
Joan Stanford: THE CREATIVE IMPERATIVE
Play is essential. I discovered its value playing with images cut from magazines, paints, pens, glue, words, found objects - art "stuff" - and collaging without worrying about outcomes, [...]