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Design vs. Life

I write about art, design and life here on this blog, and lately, I’ve had most of my time taken up by design & life. Work is crazy busy right now, which I’m so grateful for, and life is a bit hectic too. I am taking a painting break until after Elise’s birthday in a [...]

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Confession: I’m an Oregonian

Some of you don’t know this about me, but I grew up in Southern Oregon, on the coast, in a teeny-tiny little town called Port Orford. My dad literally scraped a living from the sea (he was a sea urchin diver and fisherman) and my mother home schooled us for most of our childhood. My [...]

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Be My Bébé

I’ve been recommending Pamela Druckerman’s book, Bringing Up Bebe, to all the mothers I know. As an admitted Francophile, I’m only too ready to assume that the French do everything better than Americans do, although after reading this book, I’m not sure this is true. I absolutely agree with 80% of the wisdom Pamela observes [...]

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Week. End.

{images by Erin Cooper, taken at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.} If you want to know more about this amazing series of impressionist works, check out this documentary on Netflix about Monet’s life & career. We have been watching all of the episodes in this series and they are truly fascinating. Have [...]

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Simple Living.

One of the things that struck me the most about visiting my friend in New York, was just how simply they live. I’m sure there are plenty of New Yorkers with apartments jam-packed with stuff, but for Echo & her husband, they prefer to live in a simpler way. I marveled at their small kitchen, [...]

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