Who doesn’t love a good story? Good stories engage, entertain and educate. They spark our imaginations and create connections. Talented storytellers know the importance of setting a scene, breathing life into characters, creating the mood and building a strong storyline ― from introduction, through a plot of interconnected events, to climax and conclusion.
One tap on my mobile phone’s weather app and a comprehensive weather report, tailored to my specific location, is instantly revealed. Weather apps with their user-friendly, visual presentations of site-specific, real-time, always-on weather information have become so commonplace, it’s easy to take this technological innovation for granted. But they’ve only been around since about 2010 ― a time when television broadcasts and newspapers were the go-to source for weather forecasts.
Over 140 years ago, the most famous English language pangram appeared in the Boston Journal. Buried in the Current Events column on a page crammed with heavy text, a note read “A favorite copy set by writing teachers for their pupils is the following, because it contains every letter of the alphabet: ‘A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.’“
There’s lots of activity in my studio these days. I’m attempting my first quilt ― not a full-size quilt, just a table runner ― and it’s both stretching my skills and keeping things exciting.
A surefire way to boost the textural interest of a room is to weave in textiles. In interior decorating terms, textile-based goods are called “soft furnishings” and they are available in an endless variety of forms, colors and patterns. Think upholstery, window treatments, floor coverings, bedding, table linens, decorative pillows, and fiber wall hangings. Textiles can add dimension, depth, interest, sensory richness and visual weight.
The old truism “everything old is new again” is perfectly illustrated by the current granny era trend ― grandma core decorating and grandma hobbies are having a moment.
So, what’s this all about? What is grandma core decorating? What are grandma hobbies? And why are they new again?
