journal entry: I change things around. If my changes run too deep, Grandpa is frustrated because he can’t find things. He prefers to put something somewhere and leave it there forever. That way, he never has to wonder where it is. Today, I am talking about changing home decor to …
When Dorothy closed her eyes and said “there’s no place like home” she clicked her heels together in her Ruby Red Slippers and echoed the sentiments women have likely had since the beginning of time. Perhaps the feelings are the same in a cave, a cottage or a castle. …
A BOOK Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul ! ~ My …
journal entry: I keep my eyes open for “small art”. Generally, I am looking for old-fashioned subjects smaller than 8×10. Leaning against each other and overlapping, I find them to be all the more interesting to browse. This type of accessible display makes it easy for me to pick up individual pieces for …
Chalk Boards and Magnet Boards. They are everywhere. I found this “distressed” chalk board at TJ Maxx. There was only one and it had a clearance sticker. I bought it and brought it home and leaned it against the wall and held it against the wall and turned it …
“It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so, a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit rather than a portrait of his face.” -Robert Louis Stevenson- journal entry: I usually don’t argue …
