Once Valentine’s Day is over, the flowers have wilted and the chocolates are long gone, I like to take a second look at love. What we usually think of first when the word ‘love’ is mentioned is the romantic variety, the fluttering heartbeat, the sme...

Whenever I enter a fabric store, I'm seized with a kind of creative gluttony. As my fingers touch the fabrics my mind leaps with pictures of garments that could be created from them. The colours seduce, the textures tantalize, and I'm lost. After a tactil...

Summer is about to be in full swing, and it's that time when we all want to look impressive in our lack of clothing. I’ve been conducting a little research (reading magazines at the grocery store checkout) and while I won’t even suggest that any of us...

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." This quote by Helen Keller essentially sums up life in the fast lane - although the "fast lane" is not about speed. It's about stepping out of the normal lane of everyday life and making changes in your ...

LITTLE OLD LADIES When I was a little girl I remember looking at the adults who came into my life and deciding who I wanted to be like. You know what I mean. We used to sit around a bed with our girl friends and tell each other, 'when I grow up I'm goi...