From almost the beginning of our relationship, Bruce and I have talked about living in a log home someday. Antiques and handcrafted objects are among our passions, which would look great in our dream home by a lake. So, as we work toward that goal, we’ve had the fabulous opportunity to write for Log Home [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Where Others Live Our Dreams
March 29, 2008
From Talkeetna to Tucson
March 24, 2008
After a fabulous trip to Alaska in 2006, I worked diligently on what I hoped was a perfectly-crafted query to Cooking Light for the magazine’s Enlightened Traveler feature about some surprisingly fabulous restaurants and indigenous foods from the 49th state. I didn’t get the assignment (yet) but the query began some good communication with [...]
Is It Spring Yet?
March 18, 2008
In the last three days in Kansas City, it has snowed, sleeted and rained, respectively. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, but there’s nothing green happening here except for the beer flowing in numerous bars around the city.
However, the calendar tells us that warm weather and spring days are around the corner, and many of us will [...]
Stepping In It in Wales
March 10, 2008
As April 15 and that annual tax deadline draws nearer, and many of us question how seriously God takes the “thou shalt not lie” commandment, I recall the last time I considered not being entirely truthful with the U.S. Government. It was October and I returning from a writer’s conference in Manchester England, and a [...]
From Kansas City to Spain and Points North
March 3, 2008
Those familiar with the architecture of Kansas City’s magnificent Country Club Plaza are surely aware that Kansas City’s sister city is Seville Spain. The Plaza’s developer, J.C. Nichols, traveled in Sevilla as a young man, and the trip forever influenced his life, and now the lives those who visit Kansas City.
At an event [...]
