Bits & Pieces

Making Peace Out of Pieces?

  In Finding Beauty in a Broken World, Terry Tempest Williams refers to mosaics as both an art form and a form of integration. She says, "Beauty is not optional; art is not peripheral, but a strategy for survival."  Check out www.powells.com/ink/terrytempestwilliams.html for…(continue reading)

The card that's NOT for everyone?

If you're looking for lovely Hallmark greetings, Cut-Ups is not for you.  I confess early on that they're not your grandmother's greeting card (although my 89 year old mother usually "gets" them or at least acts like she does).  I also admit to being a bit off-center when it comes to humor,…(continue reading)

smART Cards?

So what's with "smART" Cards, you say??  HOW can cards be smart?  If I haven't learned anything in the last year, I've at least learned that knowing is highly over-rated.  The corporate world certainly doesn't encourage the response, "I don't know," so we all learn to at least act…(continue reading)