No  colorful pic to accompany  post. Words are going to have to suffice.  Girls are taught from the very start to “be nice”. But I have heard that “nice guys finish last”. What mixed messages! I guess you have to decide for yourself, but I will keep to the path of being nice. It is effortless, colorless, odorless but , I find, always a great investment in human return. The payoff is a great lightness of mood and spirit. Plus [...]

Transforming this lump of Titanic coal into a treasured work required some magic on my part. It seems that re-cycling objects and re-assigning value to them is what I do best. This was a great opportunity to learn about the Titanic, preservation of artifacts,  protecting a delicate object, and inventing new ways of attaching things. This curious window, comprised of Art Glass and Fine Silver, beckons you to peer into it.  The delicate scroll work around the sides is indicative [...]