Pillow Talk

     It's not an oxymoron to call what we wear here in Vermont "fashion". All apparel can be in a sense called "fashion", and almost everywhere around the world, people wear clothes, so, fashion is everywhere! (This argument was used by a garmento...

     If you could indulge in just one rich-people's perk, a luxury without cost or bad karma, what would it be? For me, it would be a car and driver, hands down. A daily massage would be my second choice, although if I had a car and driver, I don't...

      Yesterday, the Garden Goddess Suzanne gave me two beautiful heads of Napa cabbage that I bet would go for $10 each in Whole Foods. She claimed that she has so many she'd give them to her chickens unless I took them. I had to save them...

      The other day I received this out-of-the-blue solicitation in my inbox -   Hand sewn by survivors of human trafficking... cosmetic and tote bags just in time for your summer vacations and trips to the pool or beach.     I...

     I have two beautiful, brilliant, fantastic daughters who are, thankfully, remarkably confident and happy teenagers (well, pre-teen in the younger daughter's case, not that you'd know it). We moved to Vermont from New York for the girls'...

- Most of the bad things you worry about will never happen. Most of the bad things that do happen will never have crossed your worried mind. -      My friend Shari posted this status on Facebook 3 days after enduring surgery to remove a brain...

     The 10th anniversary of 9/11 has come & gone, marked this year with admirable restraint from the fear-mongering politicians who turned the attacks into their justifications for denying our civil liberties and going to war. I don't think I heard...

     I'm still recovering from the week last month when my husband was unfortunately away and I had to do ALL the driving. Living here in the middle of nowhere, VT, we spend an inordinate amount of time in the car, all day, every day, all over and...

 On the Saturday of Irene, I posted a picture of this pillow, called The Eye of the Hurricane, on the ShapeShiftas' Facebook page, with the caption, "This one's for you, Irene." I didn't mean to be irreverant, and I hope it wasn't me who angered the water gods....

     We heard starting about Saturday that maybe we were in for some snow.  It seems late,  the sap was already running, we were in mud boots, and the car was caked in the stuff.  Mostly the snow was gone, certainly along the roadsides...

     My older daughter is gorgeous, and endearingly, kind of a geek. Last summer, instead of going off to soccer camp or hanging out at the lake or pool, she chose summer school, to brush up on Algebra II, and went to Robotics camp. I'm amazed how...

     Stockbridge, VT -- ShapeShiftas is pleased to announce the availablility of a very special, limited-edition Eye of the Hurricane Irene pillow. This handcrafted piece is made by Vermont artisans in our Green Mountain swirl-print cotton, with a...