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...
The Wood Beneath Our Feet

The Wood Beneath Our Feet

“Why don’t we go back to wood racquets?  Then we would see the best tennis played.”  – John McEnroe           Stepping with bare feet onto an old wood floor feels natural, as though it is something our feet...
Town

Town

“Who doesn’t know what I’m talking aboutWho’s never left home, who’s never struck outTo find a dream and a life of their ownA place in the clouds, a foundation of stone.” Susan Gibson for The Dixie Chicks   Perched at the top of a crest in the...
Counting and other Past-Times

Counting and other Past-Times

“I’m tired of being inside my head. I want to live out here, with you.”? Colleen McCarty           Ten – yes, perfect.  Tumultuous, excellent.  Ten letters all fitting on the fingers of my left and then...
Expertise at Home

Expertise at Home

            By Maida Korte “I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.”? Abraham Lincoln           My mother once...