Everyone I’ve spoken with this week has expressed delight and amazement over the coincidence of fall temperatures occurring on the first day of fall!  I don’t remember a single year prior to this one when that happened!  Do you? I’ve been dragging my feet for a while about decorating for fall.  It was…

Last week I was given a unique opportunity in an art commission.  A friend asked me to paint a picture of a funeral home from his hometown where he’d gotten his start in the business years ago.  The couple of pictures he sent me were not ideal.  One was a black and white…

Last weekend over Sunday dinner with my sister and brother-in-law, I received glorious confirmation that the incredibly heavy memory foam mattress that I’d bought 8 years ago could be disposed of in a non-landfill way.   Here’s how I’d ended up with the albatross bed: My sister had bought an adjustable…