Little Journeys

Making a Case For a Cross-Eyed Cat

In her kitchen my mother has a small sign that reads, “You say ‘crazy cat lady’ like there’s something wrong with that.” I know, because I gave it to her. In truth, she has just one indoor cat, plus two neighborhood cats she feeds…

A Rocky Love Affair

My love affair with rock walls certainly did not begin in the deep, loamy soil of the Illinois prairie, where it was hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and flat all year round. And so it must have begun in 1986 with my personal discovery…

Family First

My latest little journey took me back home last week, to where my parents live in a small Illinois town. “Home” – regardless how long it has been since you lived there -- is always where you and your parents lived. The occasion was…

Seminar Excitement

Over the course of 30 National Arts and Crafts Conferences I have sat in the back of the Heritage Ballroom next to an audio-visual technician for somewhere around 200 seminars, not including a few of my own. As much as I have enjoyed them all,…

A Visit to Gustave Baumann’s Studio

The current Gustave Baumann exhibit in Pasadena prompted me to pull this former column up from our archives: My latest little journey took me to Santa Fe, where I met my oldest son Eric, who is finishing his doctorate in chemistry at the…

Strolling Around Savannah

Back in 1996, the Mint Museum in Charlotte published a book entitled “Southern Arts and Crafts: 1890-1940.” It was a very short book. I was reminded why this past weekend when Leigh Ann and I drove down to Savannah, Georgia for weekend…

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