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At first I thought my OAK COUTURE project was all about the trees being dressed. The fact that we dressed human models wearing the same fabrics in front of them was just a cool extention of the project, & a twist on what you might expect. Now that it has happened, visually, I’d say it’s…

I was just laying in bed thinking about how cool my grandparents are. At 77 they went white-water rafting (not so to my grandma’s liking), but “she’s norwegian! She can handle it!”. If that didn’t give it away already, yes, my grandparents are luthern norwegians from rural Minnesota. The rafting trip happened right before my…

I just can’t help to add a “mommy blog” on here a time or 2. My daughter has had some good ones recently. The other day a friend was making a “stupid” comment about “why do girls like horses so much, because of their big ‘schlongs’?” I was shocked to hear my daughter immediately respond…

We just spent a couple days in Montagu & McGregor (small mountain towns in the Western Cape of South Africa).  LOVELY. fields of cherry blossom orchards. wild lilies all over the side of the road. Bright yellow fields of spring flowers. Bright red birds singing in the reeds. Peacocks. Chickens. Roosters. Baby Lambs. Donkeys. Baboons.…

This is a test.  I’m checking to see whether or not I like slide.com

I just write whatever I’m feeling, however I’m feeling; however I like.  “Stream-of-conciousness” some might say…Dots here.  punctuation there.  Quotations where they shouldn’t be.  Run-ons, & run-ons!  Caps.  No Caps.  Grammar thrown to the wayside!  “Too many” exclamation points!!!  MORE exclamation points!! This is therapeutic for me.  I relish in this behavior, in this rhetoric,…

Watching the teams of architects, pastry chefs, fashion designers, & models work together took me back to architecture school.  One day my professor came in with obituaries.  We all had to pick one.  We all had to design a space for that person in 2 hours.  It was a true charette, Aka – quick design. …