meryn's Profile

Apparently, somewhere in the world, petrified wood can be legally harvested, and Hudson Furniture is the only purveyor of same in New York. These are truly beautiful, aren't they? And nature isn't making anymore of them...kinda sad.

Good job and congratulations!

Ah!, the Beautiful Life! I would also love to see John's take on Halloween. I am sure it would be something interesting and fun!

I notice how much the question of storage comes up. I am curious as to what we are all having to store! I am about to go from about 1400 sq ft with basement, to 900 sq ft without any storage to speak of, and I am struggling with things like, Christmas and season decor, sentimental items, that I want to keep but will not have any real space for...I am curious as to what everyone else is doing with these kinds of items!

"I saw, first hand, that the children who did best in the classroom came from the best homes, but this had nothing to do with any rich/poor divide, and all of the ingredients of the good homes that I witnessed were accessible to all.

While teaching, I came to see that the design of our homes and the things we put in them were far more important than I'd thought, and that they affected how we did in the rest of our lives."

I would love to hear more about that... for instance, what, exactly, are the ingredients...This always fascinates me, 2 objects, say a book and a chair, but, what book? what chair? the difference opens up completely different feelings depending on "what".