It's almost 10 AM and I have 7 guests arriving tomorrow to "glamp" in my barn. I should be out cleaning and making beds and preparing but I'm a slow starter in the morning. I don't jump out of bed into action, I roll out of bed and spend time reflecting first. And what am I reflecting on this morning you wonder? Well I'll tell you! It's my outdoor shower! I don't actually FEEL motivated enough to get myself together to go down to take a shower quite yet, so I'll just write ab

Here is it, Friday, the day I have to get a movie out. This week it's a mini-sode. Seems that isn't a word but it kind of fits. In this episode you will watch as we are just a bit silly, and hang a wooden, screen door in the doorway of the camp room, and then on to a tiny tour of the room. This is a great room for yoga and meditation retreats and ladies weekend outs. It just gives me that feeling of days gone by in camps. Actually, I only went to camp twice, and that was when

Today I'm having "performance anxiety". It's Thursday and I've made myself and others a promise to get a new video out every Friday on our Farmhouse renovations or business ventures. Sometimes we have lots of video to choose from and other times, not so much. It's not that I didn't try... because I did, but some weeks just lend themselves to better content. How do I make hanging a screen door interesting? It basically consists of resizing the door, putting two hinges on and l

The barn is all done - at least for now! It is all set up as a beautiful yoga studio and we are getting ready for our soft roll out on Saturday, September 8 at 10:30 AM. Stacey Piwinski my friend and business partner will be teaching a Vinyasa slow flow class. This class is appropriate for beginners and people more advanced in yoga and is being offered at a special introductory price of a $5 donation! Stacey has been teaching yoga at Centre Yoga in Woburn and Lynnfield MA. Yo

We just published a new episode of our TV show "Chasing the Dream". OK, it's really not TV, but to me Youtube is better than TV. A few years ago we gave up our cable TV along with the $200 a month bill that came with it. We are part of the proud subscribers of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Even then I find that we watch precious little of anything, with the exception of Youtube. I LOVE Youtube! On it you can find old movies and TV shows, Hallmark Christmas Movies and lots o

It's been a long 6 weeks here at Quinnbrook. Tom ended his Master's of Psychology of Organizational Development at the end of June, at which time I seized the opportunity to hit the ground running and get the rest of phase 1 of the restoration project done at the farm! (Phase 2 consists of bigger projects like electricity, plumbing, windows, septic system and painting the exterior, some things best left to the professionals). Last year when we took possession of the house we

It all started years ago with "The Home Show". Some of you may not remember it, but I do. By now we are probably talking 30 years ago and yet it seems like yesterday. I was recently married and quite ill at the time but I looked forward to that one hour every day where Gary Collins and Keely Shea Smith would give us an hour of home decor ideas! I've always been enchanted with decorating from the time I picked out my "wild" flower power wallpaper full of orange, yellow and pin