In my last post, I rode the New York Times yoga wave, which is now drowned out by opposing sides duking it out. Of course, I’m not anti-yoga. As my kids can attest to when we were skiing a few weeks ago, I’m just a lot more cautious with my body as I get older. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Art'
So You Want To Be An Artist
December 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Art, Design, Education, Family, Inspiration, Kids
Life is so busy right now that posting has succumbed to “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Can you tell that from my last post? There’s so many posts in my head that I would like to grab a cup of tea (or wine), sit by the fire and write and write for hours. [...]
Food Rule Backlash
November 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Art, Books, Family, Food, Health, Sustainable Living
“Do all your eating at a table. No, a desk is not a table.” Guilty. Ted says the illustration above is of me. It’s not, but it could be. How many food rules do you break? Michael Pollan has added 19 new rules in his latest book, Food Rules: an eater’s manual, and they’ve been [...]
Tags:Art·books·farming·fish·Food·Food Rules·illustration·Maira Kalman·meat·mercury·Michael Pollan·sustainable food
Just Because You Can’t See It…
October 2nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Art, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Pollution
Had to share this photo that’s been circulating around Facebook. It makes me think of all the possible ways to say why we need to protect our planet. “Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.” Please pass this message on…
Excuse Me While I Knit The Sky
August 19th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Art, Environment, Knitting
I’ve been admiring the sky. The early, early morning sky…and the late, late afternoon sky. One of the things I love most about living in the Hudson Valley is the color of the mid to late August sky. The morning pinks vibrantly pop on the deep hazy green backdrop. In the early evening, the brilliant [...]
Sawkille Co.
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Shopping, Sustainable Living
“That is best which works best…Beauty rests on utility…Simplicity is the embodiment of purity and unity” ~ Shaker Designers I recently visited the Sawkille Co. showroom for Chronogram magazine and was dazzled by the simplicity of the designs… Well-crafted objects enhance the experience of creating a home. The furniture and home décor items of Sawkille [...]
Tags:Art·artisans·Eco-Friendly·furniture·Hudson Valley·Rhinebeck·Sawkille Co.·Shakers·simple
Mondrian Surprise
July 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Art, decor, Design, Green Home, Sustainable Living
Does this house fit into its beach bluff surroundings? Every time I catch a glimpse of this Mondrian-inspired beach house, I ask myself that question. Actually, this small house changed the way I look at beach houses. I held a long-standing notion that a beach house should fold softly into the landscape. A naturally occurring [...]
Tags:beach·houses·mid-century design·Mondrian beach house·Piet Mondrian·summer
Bridge Chime: Whim Of The Breeze
July 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · Art, Design, Environment, Music, Nature, Travel
Making the rounds of the design blogs is this absolutely amazing public sculpture of a giant, playful wind chime. Artist, Mark Nixon has created the Chimecco bridge chime. It’s a 600-pipe kinetic sculpture that hangs below a wooden bridge surrounded by woods. Chimecco brings music to a beautiful natural habitat. The sculpture is part of [...]
Tags:architecture·Art·artist·bridge chime·Chimecco·Design·natural environment·sculpture·wind chime
You Are My Sunshine
June 18th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Art, Design, Family, Music
One of my earliest recollections of my dad was of him playing guitar and singing this song to me: You Are My Sunshine My only sunshine. You make me happy When skies are grey. You’ll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away. I took that picture of him [...]
Stunning Stained Glass
May 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Art, crafts, decor, Design, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse
“Every project uncovers a new secret. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle,” says Doris Cultraro, the stained glass artist that restored this Tiffany window panel that stood for years in a local Hudson Valley residence. On assignment for Chronogram, I visited Doris’ DC Studio a few weeks ago and was unexpectedly enamored by the kaleidoscopic magic [...]
Tags:Art·color·craft·craftsperson·glass·recycled·reuse·stained glass·window
