I like to be challenged not just by, but on my designs. I like my clients, the general contractor, and sub-contractors to question why I am doing what I am doing.

Because one of two things will happen: either my ideas will be confirmed as very good ones, (and I will develop even greater conviction, [...]

For YEARS I have been meaning to get serious about my spanish speaking capabilities. When I was 20 I spent four months in Ecuador and took a spanish class and used my killer language skills to get around the city and barter with the street vendors…but then I went to Brazil [...]

I’ve got a lot to do at the drafting table today – but I am going to sneak in a post real quick.

It’s June. It’s JUNE! And already sometimes it feels like July.

I need my June days – and being only the 4th, I still have most of the month left to bask [...]

Today’s working mood is very atmospheric. Rain sounding through several open windows. Incense wafting down the wide hallway and bending around the corner, filling the rooms. It reminds me of my few days at Koyasan where I realized this meditative and medicinal combination.

It promises to be a good work day [...]

Today, May 07, 2012 marks my 5 year anniversary as my “own independent business woman” (says my dear sister). It’s been a pretty regular day, working on projects, paying bills, managing employee stuff, running errands, dinner with a friend, posting the Lorflor painting (yeah it’s Monday!) and now I am back at the drafting table [...]