My Classic Look: vintage, time-worn, and rich in stories of life!

I’ve always celebrated vintage, old, torn, tattered, rusted, and falling apart in home furnishings.  To me, the timeworn look represents high end elegance due to that priceless mystique of memories and stories.  In the case of inherited treasures, we sentimentalists frequently think of the people who formerly enjoyed the object in hand.  And when we decorate with stuff culled from a rummage sale, antique shop, [...]

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In His Image

There is a hunger meat cannot abate, nor human company assuage. Food grows tasteless, conversation fails to feed this cave. Only hands, committed hands can feed the hunger of our broken pact with earth . . . hands that spin and weave and love the feel of rough wood, crumbling sod, hands that mirror ways of He [...]

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Scarf-lings: a winter knitting delight

We are a bit short of two months since the winter solstice, and still more than a month away from the vernal equinox.  Cabin Fever can set in, but I refuse to allow that infliction to have any space in my life.  Late winter is a great time to add a decorative and creative touch to the wardrobe, [...]

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Something in my hands . . . .

  I wrote the following lines, thinking they might make a good epitaph: I’ve always needed something in my hands . . . a doll, a Teddy bear, kitten, puppy, infant, new-born lamb, bread dough, yarn and knitting needles,  a teacup, pen and paper, book, steering wheel, handkerchief, a piece of quartz, an oak leaf, acorn, chestnut, bouquet [...]

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Bittersweet Reflections!

I named the above rendering “Autumn Creeps In”.  There is a subtly to September, even considering that this year the air is prematurely snappy.  We’ll will undoubtedly have some warmish, golden Indian summer days in October.  Yet autumn is creeping in at a consistent pace.  Beauty!  Color!  Invigorating Days!  Bittersweet Reflections!  All of these characterize the season [...]

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Friendship

I frequently meet for lunch with friends from high school; now we are talking about friendships of 60 plus years!  Old friends are comforting and comfortable.  One never needs explain oneself to old friends.  They know who you are.  They know who your parents were.  They recall your youthful endeavors and dreams.  If you’ve kept [...]

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Serendipity!

The gift of finding unexpected treasure in unexpected places—that’s serendipity.  Since I customarily do find some treasure on most every rummaging foray, I tend to think of garage sales not as serendipity but rather simply pleasant business as usual.  But yesterday’s excursion yielded far more than the considerable haul pictured above.  I’ll remember that day as truly serendipitous! The garage [...]

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Patio Summer

Our east-facing patio which opens directly off our living room is one of the greatest joys that Joe and I have ever experienced in a home.  We are sequestered in a courtyard, sheltered on three sides, and our neighborhood has been mosquito proofed.  Last summer I think I saw three mosquitoes—and so far this year, none.  The daytime and early [...]

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The Things That Sustain . . .

NOTE:  I’ve finally updated my “Paintings and Poems” page on this site. Nearly every week I read over the back pages of my blogs, where the stats are listed.  On these pages I learn which entries were most frequently read, the search terms used to arrive at my blogs, the number of viewers each day and week, etc.  The [...]

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Mellow Moments

Yesterday I savored some mellow moments in the little town of Delafield, just 5 minutes from our home.  My first stop was a yarn store where I bought baby fine cashmere/merino blend yarn for seaming my knitted sweaters.  From the yarn store, I went up the block to an antique shop in an old Victorian era home.  I’ve been visiting [...]

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