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Up To My Ears 12 Jul 2013 | 06:31 am
I'm reading Phillip Lopate's To Show and To Tell on writing literary nonfiction (which is something of what goes on here, though that seems a lofty title for it.) In it he says, "I grew up sensing tha...
Gentleman Caller 10 Jul 2013 | 01:03 am
This Spring I planted hydrangea in the boxes that flank the front door. We had caladiums last year and flirted with ferns this year, but the porch wanted blooms. My friends who know things about gar...
Overstepping 3 Jul 2013 | 06:45 am
She had pulled eight or ten tiles up by wedging the toe of her gold sandal under their sharp edges. "I just don't think it will be very hard," she told him, pushing a lock of blond hair out of her ey...
Serendipity 1 Jul 2013 | 09:53 pm
You know how you sometimes reach into a jacket pocket or a bag and find $20 and think, "How could I have possibly left that there?" Today, looking for my make-up bag (the small red leather one - if yo...
In Good Company 19 Jun 2013 | 05:33 am
Clicking around somewhere a few months ago I stumbled on KC Co., this great little leather goods company here in town. At the time I was looking for a spring watch band and I thought their unfinished...
Glass Half Full 18 Jun 2013 | 02:54 am
Shopping for a client today I ended up buying a couple of things for myself. The first was a well-priced quilt for the daybed in the sunroom which I needed. Really. Then, quite unexpectedly, these ...
Morning Musings 14 Jun 2013 | 06:32 am
There are always things about the boys moving to the next phase that I don't anticipate. There was a time that I thought I would never again sleep until I awoke on my own. Then one day I opened my ey...
Fabric Obsession 13 Jun 2013 | 12:13 am
A very good replacement for this perfect-in-every-way-but-discontinued Cowtan & Tout floral would be.....? I would be incredibly grateful for any suggestions.
Patron of Architecture 10 Jun 2013 | 11:51 pm
I crave change from the routine but it takes me awhile to resettle. Our long, rainy spring has finally given way to summer and I am relieved; I flourish in the heat. On a good day in between spring ...
Gold Smith 6 May 2013 | 10:20 pm
I was curious when I heard about Michael Smith's new book, Building Beauty: The Alchemy of Design. Close on the heels of Kitchens and Baths and focused on the renovation of just one house, I wondered...
