Home Transformed

Home Transformed

“As soon as you stand in the doorway, you can tell it’s a girl’s bedroom” Or something close to that is how I began a high school English assignment to describe something. Moving from rented house to rented house within the same town while growing up didn’t give me a...
Part 2 – Something From the Kitchen

Part 2 – Something From the Kitchen

My original post  “Something from the Kitchen” (follow link to read it now)   https://wp.me/p7evOv-6o  sparked some conversation, both by posted comments and conversations with others who told me of kitchen items of significance handed down from moms,...
BFFs – Really, I Mean It!

BFFs – Really, I Mean It!

We weren’t always best friends. Casual friends at a regional high school, yes, but we lived half an hour apart and didn’t hang with the same crowd. Betsy and I were in our mid 20s when we forged a bond that has lasted (gasp, I cannot possibly be that old!) forty...
Warning or Welcome?

Warning or Welcome?

  Have you ever noticed America’s fascination with lighthouses? They are found on calendars, cards, prints, and electronic image pages (think Pinterest or Shutterstock which as of today has 91,000+ images of lighthouses). A lighthouse is often used as a religious...
Pick a stone, any stone

Pick a stone, any stone

You wouldn’t ordinarily think of an eight-month pregnant woman as being a lively and dynamic public speaker, but several years ago I attended a conference where the keynote speaker was just that. Janine Driver http://www.lyintamer.com/  spent fifteen years in federal...
Leaving the Outside

Leaving the Outside

Architect Sarah Susanka’s “Not So Big House” books showed up in my life back when I was designing our home. I was so influenced by her view on the importance of transitions, that I translated her ideas into my own personal ways. Sarah stresses the need to provide time...