Little Journeys

Making Lemonade

  I’m writing this week’s column on Monday morning, the first day of our 28-day virtual 34th annual National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows. As of right now the shows are both open, as we have nearly 100 exhibitors, equally…

Looking Back – and Forward

  Even though we won’t be meeting in February at the historic 1913 Grove Park Inn for the 34th National Arts and Crafts Conference, I could not resist the opportunity to make another trip back up Sunset Mountain last week to the iconic…

Growing Stronger

  This year’s virtual 34th National Arts and Crafts Conference is a far cry from what our conference and show looked like in 1988, or what any conference or show looked like three decades ago. Long after vaccines, face masks, and stringent…

A Milestone Birthday

  Last week, in the midst of the political firestorm fueled by the terrorists’ attack on our nation’s capital, my father quietly turned 95. Because of our Covid concerns and precautions, I wasn’t there this year to celebrate it…

Finding Comfort Amid Confinement

  I don’t know what it is like to not be a collector, but I do know that during these times of self-imposed restrictions and confinement, my collection gives me comfort. My Arts and Crafts collection has never been of museum quality.…

Changing Times

  What a difference a few decades can make.   Soon after the Grove Park Inn opened on July 12, 1913, general manager Frederick L. Seely printed a string-bound, informational brochure intended to entice people across the country…

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