Diane is a Master Marbler. I don’t know if she gives herself this title, but it seems accurate to me. She’s poured herself into this medium for the past 20 years – practicing it,…

When I asked all of the artists I knew if they were interested in having a piece of their work hang in our home for the 2013 West Central Home and Garden Tour, I…

Not only are Rebekah Kitzmiller and Bryce Hieber first cousins, but they have several things in common with each other. Both are from New Haven, both are friends of my son, and both have…

Moving into the West Central neighborhood has provided us the opportunity to call a host of creative people our neighbors. Jane Meredith is one of those neighbors. She has creativity oozing out of her,…

Regina has always been an intensely creative person. A few years ago she dove in head first and started living a life filled with creating every single minute. It was an inspiring transition to witness…

Written October 17, 2013 Somewhere along the line I stopped exercising so I looked as good as possible in a bathing suit and started exercising so I don’t get osteoporosis. I honestly don’t know…

These house blogs made a lot of sense when posted one at a time in order, but now that there are a jumble of them together, they’re a little less organized. If you just…

Written October 10, 2013 One of the toughest parts of moving from one home to another is leaving behind the things you cannot pack in a suitcase. For us those were the wall of…

Written October 8, 2013 We are still basking in the afterglow of our West Central Home and Garden Tour experience. We still marvel at the relative ease with which nearly 1,500 people passed through…

Written September 25, 2013 I want people to live authentically. I want them to hunt deep in their hearts every single day to find out who they are, why they’re here, and how they…