From the Mountains above the Applegate River

              A master in the use of space, my son designed a loft for me by extending the ceiling of the storage closet over the entryway....

            When we think we’ve done grand things, when we think our lives are important, when we feel ourselves powerf...

            I am one of those people Alan Powers describes in Living with Books who , “in case of sudden nocturnal literary dep...

            I love fabrics – their colors, textures, and patterns, the way they cling or wrap, the way they fold, sway...

            Virginia Woolf said that a woman who aspired to be a writer needed a room of her own. Of course, my whole ...

    Christopher was right when he said the stairs would dominate the house. The first thing you see when you walk into the house is t...

            The wind was blowing hard from a dark sky when Mike and I drove into the back parking lot of Mt. Ashland. A...