It was my intention to create a pendant light from this beautiful aspen looking glass to go with some wall sconces we had made previously. I do the glass work and Mike works his magic with copper to accent the pieces. As I opened the kiln, I sighed a bit thinking I had another “mistake”…
Doing business at home isn’t all freedom and creativity- there’s still the record keeping, and tax time is just around the corner. These are a few of the simple methods and tools I have used through the years as I’ve gleaned tips from other friends who do business at home. We have an office with…
Earlier this week I made soup from the Christmas ham, and some homemade biscuits to go with it. It took me back 26 or so years ago when I wanted to enter the same recipe in Better Homes & Gardens monthly recipe contest. Back then I had a house full of little boys running through…
Looking out the window today, it feels like winter. I have on two shirts, wool socks, and can’t wait to build a fire in the wood-stove. I was anxious to sit down in the bay window and write today, but as soon as I got my computer set up, the sun went behind gray clouds…
It’s the wee hours and I woke up to harvest some manna. My vintage Salton yogurt maker has been cultivating pure gold as I slept. Normally, this is a day job, but today I got caught running errands, waiting in lines, dodging traffic; the usual Holiday madness, and it left me with little time in…
With the garden settling in for winter rest, it’s time for the harvest of one of the desert’s sweetest fruits. A few years ago, two trees came up voluntarily in the flower bed by our front door. They were planted by the birds no doubt, so I had my son help me transplant them to…
They say ‘Home is where the Heart is’, and my heart is definitely with my family, my home. Though my children are grown and spread out in the world, I feel like this home, our gathering place is our roots. This is our shelter in the storm. When they return they expect to see faces,…
