As 2025 closed out, I sorted through images from my retired blog. The handiwork of Darryl Moland, a revered art director at Southern Living, Cooking Light, and other publications popped up.
Darryl made his mark in the magazine world. As a photographer and stylist, he blogged at The Decorated Tree and published a book by the same name. You might call Darryl “a man for all seasons,” as he collected ornaments year-round and devised imaginative tablescapes.
Most of all, Darryl was a gentle, loving friend to all sentient beings. And he had the rare gift to create something lovely that reminded us to treasure the time we have.
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A veteran of Time Inc. and Dotdash Meredith (People Inc.), Catherine Hamrick is the author of The Tears of Things: Poems (Madville Publishing).
Hamrick’s poetry has appeared in Appalachian Places, Appalachian Review, The Blue Mountain Review, The Citron Review, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, storySouth, and elsewhere.
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