Little Journeys

Rewind: Manhattan 1913

It's been one of those weeks, so I have reached into the archives and revived an earlier column for this week: It was a steamy, sultry day in New York City, the kind of day when you want to slip into a cool, wood-paneled bar and sip a cold…

“We Came as Tourists”

It was a humble beginning for two humble women. In 1901, thirty-two year-old Eleanor Vance and thirty-one year-old Charlotte Yale, two recent graduates of Moody Bible College, stepped off the Southern Railway train in Biltmore Village, a…

Why Aren’t Lemmings Extinct?

Random thoughts on a weekday afternoon: The sign of a good chair is when you fall asleep in it. And a good wine. Thank someone who helped you in your youth, before you can’t. The greatest obstacle to getting anything done can be a tiny…

Redefining a Legacy

Random thoughts on a weekday afternoon: The sign of a good chair is when you fall asleep in it. And a good wine. Thank someone who helped you in your youth, before you can’t. The greatest obstacle to getting anything done can be a tiny…

Reflections on a Deck

While the Arts and Crafts movement cannot take credit for having discovered Nature, the reformers at the head of the pack did put a major emphasis on establishing a harmony between our lives and the outdoors. While some of those 19th century,…

Honoring Those Unknown Artisans

I don’t consider any of my journeys back to see my family in Illinois complete without an afternoon hitting some of my old antiquing haunts. Back when I was going to college at Western Illinois University and then teaching school a little…

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