Little Journeys

Life’s Lessons Learned

  A good friend of mine had an unfortunate experience not long ago buying an expensive painting while traveling out of state. Having been in that situation myself more than once, I could empathize with him, as he was faced with the challenge…

Preparing for the Virus

  When I was nine years old, my friends and I each paid our thirty-five cents at the Duchess Theatre to see a young Steve McQueen in “The Blob.” Halfway through the movie I bolted, terrified, deserting my friends and dashing out into…

Take A Seat

  The design philosophy of simple elegance applied even to the seats of Arts and Crafts chairs. Unlike tufted Victorian velvet, Arts and Crafts designers opted for leather, although not always brown. By the time many Arts and Crafts chairs…

To Teach Is to Learn

  There’s an old saying I was reminded of this week: that you never really learn something until you try teaching it to someone else. I can still distinctly remember sitting in Dr. Thornberry’s class on “Shakespearean Tragedies”…

Finding Your Sanctuary

  Along with gray hair and wrinkles, with age we gain a few maxims by which we either live our lives – or, if easier, just tell others how they should live theirs. I tend to do both. As a parent, I have always believed that every child…

An Arts and Crafts Instruction Manual

  Last weekend I put aside my furniture projects and started some long overdue maintenance of my two 60” pasture mowers which I pull behind our Kubota farm tractor. When it comes to motors and machinery, I do not have dependable natural…

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