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This is my response to a New Yorker post about the essay “How To Practice” by Ann Patchett. And yet again, Ann Patchett has me in tears and unsuspected guffaws. I, too, illogically attach emotions to my possessions and treasures. When clearing out the house that I designed, built, and raised my children in, it …

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At the risk of sounding ridiculously cliché, time is FLYING by. No idea whatsoever how 27 years have passed since I met this darling fireball of a baby girl. Not only did she just get married and rule the beachside resort craft center during her Cancun honeymoon by instructing the instructor as to how to …

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Be it an idea, a scheme, a new design, collaboration, commission, dinner menu, or change in life direction, drafting is what I do. Being alive calls for constant revision and fluidity (to quote my wise son) so I trust that I’m armed and open to adventure, new vistas, new clients, and always an enticement to …

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