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On Creating a Home

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My goal is to live a gracious and contented life in a home that is ageless and resonates warmth and comfort through my personal style.

A Simpler Life, No Thanks

New year's resolutions are often about editing and de-cluttering our lives.  I've been considering this.  That's what moving helps accomplish.  You look at the three potato peelers in the kitchen drawer and realize probably only two work well and you really only need one--okay, maybe a second for Thanksgiving.  And then, how many single-use items do we really need--a knife could suffice.  A periodic cleaning out of closets and drawers lightens the load we carry through life and  frees up space in our minds and spirits. Most of us have specific areas of our lives that need deliberate, and often continual monitoring and editing.  It could be collecting every fill in the blank  you come upon (I've always appreciated collecting things that were few and far between and even took some research and hunting to find.  Otherwise, the temptation is ever-present.)  Or it could be just general accumulation.  It can also be less tangible, like cr...

NEW YEARS 2022 - My Glass is Always Full

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This is my fourth New Years blog.  So much has happened in the world in the last few years.  They were long years.  We all thought 2021 would have to be better than 2020--health-wise at least--but we were wrong.  It's frightening to think where we'd be without the vaccines.  But each year I'm still optimistic.