Get Out of the Car

Get Out of the Car

– And Other Motivations By Maida Korte “You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.”  –...
Bringing Simple In

Bringing Simple In

By Maida Korte “You are exhausted, sweet one, exhausted from all the trying and the not trying, and you are struggling to trust life again. It’s all too much for the poor organism, isn’t it?”- Jeff Foster...
The Purging

The Purging

By Maida Korte “Her apartment in Stockholm might look as if a bomb had gone off in it, but mentally Salander was extremely well organized.”? Stieg Larsson           Ever since reading Garrison Keillor’s essay on spring...
Beyond the Window

Beyond the Window

“Set wide the window.  Let me drink the day.” ~ Edith Wharton There is a picture window at our kitchen table and this window allows me to sip coffee and gaze at our back yard with not a single muntin blocking my view.   A tall, long-needled pine sits at...
Small Things

Small Things

“To create something exceptional, your mind-set must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.” Giorgio Armani           I love the harmony that details create in a space.  See that carved corbel at the hallway...