A Good Day Indeed

In case you didn't know, most of my blogging these days is over at "Terra Nova Design.
I am delighted with my new newly designed Terra Nova blog. Check it out. The banner photo is of my pond late last summer. The creative spirit behind it is my daughter "Jet" who is an artist and an 8th grade science teacher. Two fields that require a tremendous amount of stamina in addition to creativity. She teaches over 100 middle schoolers every day and also hand silk screens and embellishes women's t-shirts and also makes furniture from recycled objects. Sound interesting? You can see what I mean at b and j greene".


Thanks Jet!

I am also delighted tonight by Obama's speech today. No matter who you plan to support for President, this speech today is one that is long overdue. The conversation, hard as they may be, needs to be started and our nation needs to find ways to move forward on the issues of race and class. I teach college students who need to understand these complex issues and who need to see my generation leading the way to making progress on these issues. We discuss these matters in my classes. My students mentor children of immigrants right here in our town and partner with highly impoverished people 25 minutes away from bucolic Amherst, in the poorest city in our state and one of the poorest neighborhoods in our country! We must talk and act. Our nation will not be a "white majority" nation for much longer; race and class issues abound. If we do not find a way to walk forward together....then.... divided we will fall.
* Disclaimer: I am fully supportive of Obama's campaign and have been since before he announced he was running. However, I think this matter transcends my support of Obama .

I am also delighted that Spring is almost here. My Terra Nova blog will tell you more about that as the season unfolds!

Dormered

Recently spent some time helping J and B paint their new room under their awesome dormer. One room of the two is almost done. Here is a sneak peek of the peaks, lol! Sorry, I couldn't resist!!

All of the angles made this job a real bear but at the same time, the angles totally make the room; it's awesome. The roof used to cut down into the room where you see the pitch in the picture. The room was teeny. Now it is much larger and feels really spacious with the peaked ceiling and 6' wide window with a great view.

The wall paint is a layered effect with a Ralph Lauren paint and glaze...modified of course. J and I can't do anything just "normal."

I think the floors are sanded now and ready to be stained and poly'ed.