A story must be told, or there’ll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving. – J. R. R. Tolkien Hidden stories about our historic home continue to emerge. Right now, I am researching the origins of the roof ridge that was recently removed, restored, and reinstalled. That process in […]
Three Ways Delay Feeds And Supports Your Dreams
“It takes time to see how a house works.” – Isobel Crawley, Downton Abby Delay is not something most of us welcome. We make plans because we want to go somewhere or get something done. Delay gets in the way, or does it? We just made our final payment for what I call Phase 1 […]
Behind The Scenes – Reflections On September 11
It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment. Until then, America thought she was witnessing nothing more serious than the worst aviation disaster in history; now she had a sense of the fantastic vehemence ranged against her … For those thousands in […]
Powerful Seeds of a First Flight
“Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground. He sleeps at night and is awake during the day. The seeds sprout and grow, although the man doesn’t know how. The ground produces grain by itself. First the green blade appears, then the head, then the head full […]
Focus On The Basics-Key Lessons From Flight
“And like no other sculpture in the history of art, the dead engine and dead airframe come to life at the touch of a human hand, and join their life with the pilot’s own.” ― Richard Bach, A Gift Of Wings To focus on the basics will provide an unshakeable stability when nothing seems fixed. In these […]
Where’s Maggie? Hide And Seek With An Adorable Silly Cat
When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood, but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even. – Percy Bysshe Shelley Where’s Maggie? Has been an ever-present question for sixteen years at Maison Steinbuchel. She came to us in September 2010 sporting a […]
August Is A Flying Flower Dance Party At This Beautiful Home Garden
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly. – Barbara Haines Howett Robert Frost called the butterfly a Flying Flower. The why is on full display in late summer at Maison Steinbuchel: Butterfly Season. I confess I cultivate plants that make these beauties happy but are not fussy: Old-fashioned phlox […]
How To Travel Paths Of Resistance And Stealing Into Strength
“It’s in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are. ” –Austin Kleon from Steal Like An Artist Placing the two ideas of resistance and stealing side by side feels rather discordant. Hang with me, I plan to make a point. This space is where four key stones […]
Patent Medicines and Free Home Remedies in the Steinbüchel Home
“A man who has spent most of his adult life trying out a series of patent medicines is always an optimist.” – P. G. Wodehouse In summer 1988, after moving into Maison Steinbüchel, we tackled a pile of rubbish and sand from under the apple tree beside the garage along the alley. A trumpet vine […]