Mom lived with Melanie and me for seven years. We both had reservations about this arrangement from the beginning. Mom had lived alone for many years, free to have things just the way she wanted in her space. At our house, she had her own basement apartment with a private entrance, so her freedom to …
As we move into a modest month undeniably marked at its center with love, we felt inspired to focus this newsletter on love and gratitude. For we too function with love at our center and are grateful every day for those who fuel our passion to create. We hold a strong belief that things made …
I first thought of selling my bark processing machine years ago. I even priced it and told a few folks that I thought might be interested. No one seemed willing to pay the cost of building the machine, much less the cost of developing this process. I let it gather dust for 8-9 years before …
If you visited the Brian Boggs Chairmakers workshop in the last couple of years, you’ve probably met River. He’s a gregarious fellow, a cream-colored Goldendoodle with love in his heart. However, all the grownups in the shop are BORING for dogs (after all, we can’t play ball all the time). River needed a doggie playmate! …
Intentional living happens when you align your living and purchasing choices with your values and beliefs. It’s such a simple concept. You believe in something. You make choices to support that belief throughout your life and environment. And, as with most simple concepts, living intentionally may be difficult to integrate into your day-to-day life. This …
When I was a little kid, my grandparents had a fake Christmas tree. A light behind a revolving multi-colored translucent plastic circle pointed from the floor at the tree. They are making the silver foil sparkle in the evening. Granddaddy sat in his chair, cracking pecans one-by-one in his strong hands to fill my grandmother’s …
