Author Archives: smithsj
Sari Fashion Show and Rangoli Demo
Color exploded last week at the Sari Fashion Show and Rangoli demonstration at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. The program was part of a month long Cultural Festival of India sponsored by this lively organization located on the western … Continue reading
Ångkor Wat in Cambodia haunts me still.
It was over two years ago that I visited Angkor Wat in Cambodia, but the images and the mystery of the ancient Khmer capital still haunt me. I can vividly picture the dramatic rock temples, the massive and tangled over … Continue reading
Flea Market Foraging at Anthropologie
“Retail Design is all about creating an experience,” I was told recently at a program at Kendall College of Art and Design, a little jewel of a school in Grand Rapids, MI. One of the Interior Design instructors made this … Continue reading
The Grace of Glaciers
by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger Certain eloquent moments in the natural world cause a welling up in me that yields unexpected, unbidden tears. It happened the first time I witnessed a breeching whale, and again when I saw a wolf … Continue reading
Traveling in Ireland
St. Patrick’s Day is coming……an Irish holiday that has become a Hallmark Moment. While annoying, I don’t care. It makes me think of all the lovely times I had in this charming country seeing the sights, hanging out in pubs … Continue reading
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