When the darkness begins around 3pm and the snowy cold settles onto the landscape like a cushion; muffling sound, making the world seem almost silent . . . That’s when you begin to get a sense of it. Walking down narrow streets with wooly scarves bundled so high around your neck, you have to tuck … Continue reading HYGGE: Living the World’s Most Comfortable Tradition
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” ~ Lord Byron It all started about 8 years ago when, on a whim, Michael decided to … Continue reading Build it and They Will Come
Like the movement of a clock pendulum, rocking chairs mark the passing of precious moments: nursing babies, comforting youngsters, stealing some time alone, reflecting on a family grown and enjoying lap time with grandchildren. It all goes by so fast, as our elders often state. A popular nursery wall plaque reminds young mothers to be … Continue reading Life Balance in a Chair that Rocks