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Modern Love Living is written by a small editorial desk in Northern California wine country — four women with strong opinions about the right evening, the right weekend, the right hour with yourself, and the right thing for the drawer.

No algorithms writing the headlines. No wellness-industrial gloss. No sponsored tasting rooms pretending not to be.

Nora Vance, portrait in warm interior light

Editor-in-Chief

Nora Vance

Healdsburg, CA


Nora runs the magazine the way she runs her dinner table: the candles matter, the timing matters more, and nobody gets rushed through the good part. She writes the pillar essays — Calistoga Reset, the slow date nights, the unhurried evenings — and has opinions about which Tuesday is worth protecting.

Date Night Intimacy The Slow Evening
Elise Ravenel, portrait in natural afternoon light

Weekend & Wine Editor

Elise Ravenel

Sonoma, CA


Elise grew up on the west side of Sonoma County and has strong opinions about which back roads deserve the detour. She writes the weekend maps — the bachelorette that won't embarrass anyone on Monday, the Sonoma two-nighter, the Napa that earns its reputation if you know where to eat. She is not writing sponsored content. She will tell you the tasting room is overrated.

Weekend Guides Wine Country Bachelorette
Margot Linde, portrait in soft morning light

Body & Ritual Editor

Margot Linde

Glen Ellen, CA


Margot taught yoga in a barn in Glen Ellen for eleven years before she started writing about it. She covers the self-care beat without the wellness-industrial gloss — the massage, the bath, the Sunday morning nobody's invited into. She will not sell you a candle with a personality. She might sell you an hour with yourself, on purpose.

Self-Care Ritual Sensual Wellness
Simone Ashford, portrait in editorial window light

Shop & Drawer Editor

Simone Ashford

Petaluma, CA (by way of London)


Simone came to Sonoma County from a decade at a London lifestyle desk and has never been impressed by a product press release in her life. She edits the shop beat — the lingerie worth owning in your own size, the toys that survive past novelty, the gifts that read as evidence of listening. Her standard is simple: would I want this in my drawer, and if I had to, would I defend it over brunch.

The Shop Lingerie Gifts & Nightstand

If the voice feels like a woman you'd want to know — that's the intent. We write for the version of a reader we'd trust with a reservation, a weekend plan, or the honest opinion on what's actually in the drawer.

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