Sonya Schryer Norris

In Progress

Before I unveil the wine cabinet in place I wanted to take a step back in its history and share some pics that Dudley took during the production of the cabinet. The unit has four shelves each of which hold four bottles of wine, and a glass front. It’s made out of maple, which makesContinueContinue reading “In Progress”

A Kamikazi run to Chicago for the good of the living room

We got a call this week that the specially designed and hand crafted maple card catalog stand that our friend had made for us was ready for pick up in Chicago. We’re here now and it’s fantastic! More pics when its home and in place.

Staff book club for Feb: Architecture and Engineering

For February, the staff book club, which chooses genres instead of individual titles, chose to read about monuments. That was extended into architecture and engineering, and I re-read “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand.Mostly I re-read The Fountainhead because I wanted to spend book club time comparing and contrasting two buildings that I’ve worked in. TheContinueContinue reading “Staff book club for Feb: Architecture and Engineering “

Plum Dragon Book Club: Let’s Talk About Power and Madness

As promised, I read Karen Armstrong’s follow up to “Through the Narrow Gate” for the Plum Dragon book club. The book is titled “Beginning the World” and opens about two weeks after Armstrong’s initial memoir about life in a convent closes. I had a lot more trouble reading this title then I did the first one.ContinueContinue reading “Plum Dragon Book Club: Let’s Talk About Power and Madness”

Decorating with Indian wall hangings and Cat Stevens jacket art

When hubby and I set out to redecorate the pink bathroom we also had designs on re-accessorizing the living room. We’ve come in well under budget on that project and are very pleased by the results. I am now using our bookshelves as more purposeful display space and I’ve completely re-dressed the wall that theContinueContinue reading “Decorating with Indian wall hangings and Cat Stevens jacket art”

BTBL book club title for February: Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray

This book was on the lighter side of what the book club reads. Rebecca, this month’s host, calls it “fluffy.” At first i kept expecting the book to get deep, as Rebecca is deep and she has an MFA. The book has hundreds of reviews on Amazon and a really high over-all rating. “Eat Cake”ContinueContinue reading “BTBL book club title for February: Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray”

First world problem of the day: recycling

“Oh SHIT!” Hubby bellows from the study. “What is it?” I ask from the living room. There’s a moment of silence. “Oh crap!” he growls in his most disgruntled voice. “Honey, what’s going on?” I ask. I haven’t moved a muscle at this point although I have paused the AppleTV on which I am watchingContinueContinue reading “First world problem of the day: recycling”