“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” ~ William Morris If you haven’t been reading our blog since day one, you probably don’t know we have been working on renovating a master bathroom for quite some time. Remember this post? Followed by this? I know [...]
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Sweet Treat
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. ~ Barbara Jordan We will be featuring regular posts from two beautiful, intelligent, creative young women. Even though I am partial to [...]
Soaring Spirit
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” ~ George Washington Carver Most readers of The Lettered Cottage are looking at photographs of DIY projects, renovations and house tours. I remember the first words of Layla’s that spoke to me: [...]
Who Remembers
Classic—a book which people praise and don’t read. ~ Mark Twain Readers may have noticed that we’re more than somewhat fond of of the old-fashioned at the Fairfield House. It’s not so much that we’re trying to move backwards as we find it a useful way to look to the future. You can’t after all, [...]
Word
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman It’s a new year and with that comes a renewed sense of commitment to ourselves. We all want to be and do better than the [...]
Been-trest
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The summer sizzle melted my mojo. Autumn left me feeling as colorless and crumpled as the dry, dead leaves crunching beneath my feet and as delicate and ready to disintegrate if stepped [...]
Paperwhite Wishes
“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” ~ Unknown Do you know that the embryo flower of these paperwhite bulbs has been already formed and [...]
Ring of Blooms
“My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.” ~ William Allen White The last of the dahlias have bloomed. I wanted to create something special. Something that would not involve a thirty minute ride to the closest store for supplies. Sitting in the sunshine amidst autumn splendor, I wove the [...]
Straighten Up
“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.” ~ Ben Franklin Men, it’s clear the country is going to hell in a hand basket. I admit I don’t really know what that is, but you have to agree it sounds like an undignified way to arrive. All the other damned souls are going to [...]
American Original
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me. ~ Steve Jobs The creative genius that saved Apple Computer has passed away. Steve Jobs is dead at the age of 56. By all accounts an intensely driven perfectionist and [...]
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