Spring is here early this year, isn’t it?  The crickets are even out early!  As a Midwestern/Southern hybrid, I feel a little less conflicted than I would expect about 75 degree days in early March.  Mr. M recently purchased a sailboat and we are thrilled to have already spent time wearing out the boys [...]

I have things to post.  Wonderful things to post. But I am having a little bit of technical trouble that is holding me back from adding the pictures necessary for said posts…. so please, bear with me and I’ll be back as soon as the issue has been resolved. Hope you are all having a [...]

Anyone who has visited Austin, Texas knows that the city’s quirky persona lends itself to innovations in design, development and the arts.  There is a positivity that radiates from every structure in almost every part of town that inspires creative thinking, almost like one huge TEDx conference. Laura Britt is a designer whose body of [...]

As freelance assignments have been picking up, I thought it might be a good idea to market myself.  It’s one of those things that tend to make introvert-extrovert hybrids like myself a touch uncomfortable.  Think about it. I go out of my way to lock myself into a room with my computer and my books. [...]

I was nine-years-old and somewhere foreign in Alabama. I was with my parents at a family reunion where I knew all of two people.  My parents had dragged me down there from my familiar and happy perch in suburban Wisconsin to an environment that I should have felt more connection to than I did.  I [...]

If you picked up the New York Times this morning and leafed through the Home section, you may have noticed a quick hit on the Stephen Sills preview exhibition at The Apthorp apartments in Lambertville, N.J. Sills filled the space with a mix of classic and modern pieces that will be auctioned off later this month. [...]

I’m going to have to add myself to the throngs of bloggers and writers who are gushing (and, in some cases, spewing) over Madonna’s appearance in the Super Bowl last night. After having seen clips from the much anticipated W.E. I was prepared to be just as underwhelmed as I was with the stilted, over-the-top lines [...]

I’m down and out with a bad headache today, so thought I’d just share my favorite YouTube video of the moment. Hope it will lift your spirits, as it did mine!  

A few weeks ago I was delighted to be contacted by Stephania and Colleen at Thursday Night Dinner, a beautiful blog about “cooking, crafting and girl time.”  I’m not a very crafty person by nature… painting pumpkins for the autumn holidays is as close as I get.  Every week, the Thursday Girls feature original crafts [...]

…has always been…. I thoroughly intend to get K.D. Lang’s iconic lyrics playing through your head today for two reasons: a) there is just some sort of odd joy in needling one’s way into people’s heads via song b) K.D. LANG WILL BE PLAYING AT SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA 2012  And commence with your happy dance….. [...]