I’ve written about a number of eco-friendly homes over the years but this beautiful remodel by architect Sherry Williamson has to be one of the most stylish. You can read more about the overall project in the current (October 2016) issue of Diablo Magazine, but I’m sharing a few photos here along with some ideas [...]
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Ever Green Design
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Tagged architecture, Bay Area, eco-friendly design, healthy home, interior design, non-toxic design
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Friday Things: The Hillary Edition
The day after Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated for president by a major political party finds me a bit groggy. I didn’t sit down to watch last night’s convention coverage until 10:00 p.m. And by the time I’d sampled Katy Perry’s Fight Song and David Brooks’s fighting words (something to the effect that [...]
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Tagged Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential campaign, suffrage, women
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Friday Things: The Tonys Edition
Just a quick note before the Warrior’s game begins. Game 4 is tonight and I’m hoping the Warriors are back to form after the blow-out on Wednesday. We’ll be spending more time than usual this weekend watching televised events with the game tonight and the Tonys on Sunday. Since I happened to see three (!) [...]
Friday Things: The Rise and Shine Edition
Because two friends I walk with in the early morning have been out of town for the past few weeks—summer travel has begun!—I’ve switched up my morning exercise routine by taking more yoga classes at the swim club down the road. Not entirely awake I stumble over to the sound of bird-song and the rhythmic [...]
Missing Mom
Life took me to the mall yesterday. Lunch with an old friend and editor. Birthdays and baby showers to shop for. Trips on the horizon so a bit of travel shopping for myself. When I was done with my errands I slipped into a movie theater and caught a late matinee of the Gary Marshall [...]
Keeyla Meadows Garden Tour
One of my favorite Bay Area landscape designers is Keeyla Meadows. I first met Keeyla when I was scouting gardens for a major garden tour that served as a fundraiser for our children’s grade school. That was twenty-some years ago and over that time I’ve watched her garden evolve from a colorful but simple field [...]
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Tagged art, flowers, Garden Conservancy, garden tour, Keeyla Meadows, Nat, sculpture
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Friday Things: The Met Home Edition
Long before I started writing for shelter magazines I read them. And the one I read the most was Metropolitan Home. When it folded in 2009 it really left a void in my design inspiration library. Though I loved Dominique Browning’s editor’s note in House & Garden (another print publication casualty of the time), the [...]
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On Wearing Religious Jewelry
For years now I’ve thought about buying a cross necklace. But though I’m a Christian, wearing crosses is not part of my faith tradition. In fact, growing up—back when Mormons were feuding with Catholics—I was told that Mormons did not wear crosses. That we emphasized Christ’s resurrection not his crucifixion and that wearing one would [...]
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Tagged Christian, cross, cross necklace, Easter, Good Friday, jewelry, Mormon, religious jewelry
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Filling in the Blanks of LDS Women’s History
Last week we traveled to Utah for a women’s history symposium where I saw this image of “Brigham Young and an Unknown Woman.” The unknown woman’s beaded bracelets and marks of torture on her hands have led historians to speculate that she was Native American. If so, is her face blurred because of her ethnicity [...]
Of Oscars and Owls
What a wonderful spring we’re having here in Northern California. I’ve been working on my garden removing the things that didn’t survive the deer or early frosts and then shopping for and planting more of what seems to thrive. The temperature is just warm enough to feel rejuvenating as I work outside and the light [...]
