Where is your mind in the summer? Mine is somewhere on the coast of Maine….ahhhh. Maybe you already own your dream summer cottage, maybe you get to visit yours as a rental….or perhaps just driving by while dreaming, or flipping through a magazine. We all have a favorite place that comes to mind as Memorial [...]

I love the unexpected things people delight in after a room is completed.  Like the perception that there is a “new” window in this kitchen….although it isn’t new at all,  just newly appreciated! This kitchen, new in 1991, was quite the hang out for family gatherings…but the owners couldn’t figure out why no one ever [...]

I have such fond memories of when my children were small, and we would sit snuggled together on the couch reading our favorite stories.  I have to admit that a couple of stories in particular  (both co-written and illustrated by Mark Teague) were a special joy to page through for me. I don’t think you [...]

I want to open this by saying I am writing this week’s article because I need to read it back to myself… and because my officemates asked me to share their message…. It doesn’t always have to be about the doing. Sometimes it should just be about the be-ing. This is how a lot of [...]