“Good night sweet prince: And flocks of angels sing thee to thy rest.”       Wm. Shakespeare Unless you are residing on another plan...

Art Therapy While on vacation visiting my New Zealand relatives, I mentioned to my sister-in-law that I really needed the vacation.  S...

Food and Textiles As I have written many times, I love books and have quite the collection.  Of course I have my textile books and, fo...

Sprucing Up for Spring Every magazine I have read this past month has had articles on cleaning the house and redecorating or remodelin...

Galliano and McQueen This is one of the best biographies I have read in a long while.  The story of two young British designers who ro...

Samurai Exhibition Illustration of Samurai Warrior March 6 is the opening of “Samurai: Armor From the Ann and Gabriel Barbier...

Hairpin Lace Hairpin Lace (also called hairpin crochet, fork crochet and Maltese lace which is not to be confused with Maltese bobbin ...