by Maida Korte | Nov 15, 2023 | Memoir
“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...
by Maida Korte | Oct 19, 2023 | Memoir, Writing
“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...
by Maida Korte | Jul 17, 2023 | Memoir
“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...
by Maida Korte | Dec 20, 2022 | Memoir, Writing
Maida Korte “The queer little noises that no one explains, ‘Til the moon through the slats of my window blind rains.” (Unknown) Little sounds in the country keep me up at night, but I’m learning to cope, slowly....
by Maida Korte | Nov 13, 2022 | Memoir, Writing
Maida Korte “Being rich is having time. The less stuff you own the more time you have for what truly matters.” (Maxime Lagace) The bright green shag rug looked to me like a beautiful lush lawn and so I bought it. It was the only remnant we could afford and at...
by Maida Korte | Nov 5, 2022 | Memoir
Maida Korte “I’m not crazy — I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years.” (Ouiser Boudreaux, Steel Magnolias)...
