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This past weekend as I looked for my quiet space to write, it took me almost 6 different spots to find a good fit to quiet my mind....

December of 2018, my husband and I purchased a 1935 fixer upper in a sleepy town of Monrovia, Ca. We purchased it "As Is." It was no secret

Autumn and History Lately I have been fascinated with history and ancestry. As I immerse myself into the world of pumpkin spice lattes...

"I used to feel bad that I couldn’t afford to buy the beautiful buffet in the window of a fancy home design store or look longingly at...

Some things stick with you for life, this can be good and alternatively bad or perhaps in between. I grew up around wood and construction..