sunday’s gratitude: dealing with disappointment

“word to the wise” wednesday: billy baldwin

When you're decorating, you must learn to break rules, but not all of them.  Take the case of pattern on pattern.  Some decorators today think you can willy-nilly mix prints.  Not so.  This only results in confusion.  There always must be some connection if you are using more than one …

how to practice gratitude … and a giveaway

As long-time readers know, I adopted "dream" as my first "word of the year" in 2013. What a perfect choice that was! I found that reminding myself to dream helped to push me farther and faster than I might have ordinarily been inclined. Last year, I focused on "joy" -- …

“word to the wise” wednesday: markham roberts

Because of the nature of my job, I am always thinking about how I'd like to improve the place. ... The wants go on and on, but rather than drive myself crazy about what I can't do, I decided to rethink what I have and make it work until I …