Bed Time

          by Maida Korte “Was it for this I uttered prayers, and sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs? That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight?”                                                             Edna St. Vincent Millay...
Blinking

Blinking

By Maida Korte           “We grow accustomed to the Dark –            When Light is put away –            As when...
The Porch

The Porch

-Maida Korte “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” – Henry Graham Greene I feel a certain anxious expectation when I approach the front door of any home.  The house can be a quintessential mid-century modern...

Moving

Maida Korte- “I give you this to take with you:Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you canbegin again, with pure joy in the uprooting.”- Judith Minty  Since I had roots so firmly planted in city soil, uprooting them to move to the country would take some...

Good Common Sense

By Maida Korte “Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.”  –  Leonardo da Vinci Building a large and safe house starts with digging down first into the unknown rock and mud below.  It is easier to start this way since the...