by Maida Korte | Sep 2, 2019 | Interior Design
Maida Korte “My bedroom furniture is moving in on me.” This was the phone message I received in the middle of the night. It seems that Mrs. Smith could not sleep due to her bedroom feeling overly oppressive. Rather than phone...
by Maida Korte | Aug 30, 2019 | Writing
My Ernie “Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games are created equal.” – George Will I never thought about being a Cub’s fan. It was as natural to me as...
by Maida Korte | Aug 22, 2019 | Writing
What I Do Anywhere – Maida Korte “Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.” – Paulo Coelho Of course I’ll get you a water bottle – and I trotted to the refrigerator to get her one. She was young and looked exhausted,...
by Maida Korte | Jul 12, 2019 | Interior Design
“We owe much to the fruitful meditation of our sages, but a sane view of life is, after all, elaborated mainly in the kitchen.” – Joseph Conrad When we moved to the country from the city, I had...
by Maida Korte | Jun 15, 2019 | Remodeling
Beginnings “Once the tugboat takes you out to the ocean liner, you got to get all the way on board. Can’t straddle both decks.” Katherine Patterson The day we came to see the house that would...
