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Category: Corners of My Home

  • A Mythic Quest…Divine Interior Design

    "Pay attention to your dreams, and indulge in the pleasure of wild fantasies, and see yourself as a mythic hero in life's divine drama. See yourself as being on a mythic quest to discover and fully express your soul's code. " Gemini ~ by Free Will Astrology   and I'm taking my bag of tricks with…

  • Barn Promises

    I'm making a lot of progress on the barn conversion project. I promise! I've had a healthy creative outburst to start the year. Making lots of new musical friends has been a grand inspiration. I wish you could all live in the barn!  

  • Marcel’s Costume Designer…

    That's my nom du jour. This is the fun part, getting to put together different looks for Marcel in his blossoming career. We had a magazine crew come by the other day (details to follow) and I did some test shots of Marcello in his outfit.          He's wearing a vintage CBGB's…

  • Music To Warm The Barn

    My son Marcel receives press credentials to cover various music events in the Bay Area. One recent event was the C2SV Festival in San Jose. For one of the highlights click HERE. Another wondrous highlight was an impromptu private performance for Marcel by the group Onward, Etc. when they learned that he had missed their…

  • So Shady

    I've been saving a collection of handmade papers that my friend Scott Waterman gave me for my birthday about 4 years ago, waiting for them to speak to me, to tell me what they wanted to be used for. At last they said, "Light me up!" So I made a custom lampshade with them. I…

  • Birthday At The Barn…

    …means work. I thought there'd be some consolation by having a belated cannoli at my favorite bakery but the baker called in sick. Waaah! Some years are like this. The good news is that the barn is shaping up nicely. Some details of the dining hall, still in progress:       Wall and ceiling…

  • On The Subject Of Bliss

    I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.  - Charlotte Bronté (Jane Eyre) Here's to inward treasures.

  • Manifesting Generator: I Need A Space To House My Collections

    Or maybe I need to shrink my collections. Or maybe I just need a shrink! Here is my vision:   I am now ready to receive this space! Also with some room to work on projects, if you don't mind. Every day I think of a new design I want to implement for a chandelier,…

  • Barn Conversion Project

    Since returning from life in Italy I have taken on a big project: convereting a barn to a house…while living in it! It didn't seem like such a bad idea when we moved in in the summertime, but now that the cold and damp is here (we're in the redwoods) I realize just how difficult…

  • Craig’s List in Sleepy Santa Cruz…

    Why is it taking me forever to sell amazing things at amazing prices on Craig's List these days? Is it the economy or is it that Santa Cruz has never really embraced great design? My usual customers were 95% of the time from San Francisco but now that I live further afield things have stalled.…