Sonya Schryer Norris

The Georgia O’Keefe’s are up!!

The Plum Boudoir’s progress continues Every time we add a new element to the room: re-arranging the furniture, adding damask linens, the paint… I get happier and happier. I just walk by the door every hour or so to see it again. And now, we’ve hung the Georgia O’Keefe’s. Joe joined us for an afternoonContinueContinue reading “The Georgia O’Keefe’s are up!!”

The accent wall is up!

The painter spent yesterday morning here and shall return tomorrow. He got the accent wall and the ceiling done.

I’ve picked paint colors

This is my palette The accent wall will get the purple lotus, the other three walls the mauve blush, trim is iced mauve, and oyster is the ceiling and master bath. This would have taken me agonizing weeks alone. Forget not the first version of the kitchen accent wall. Betsie nailed the basic choices fromContinueContinue reading “I’ve picked paint colors”

The Met calls me astray

Arrrggghh, found a $150 coffee table book in New-Collectible condition of Alfred Stieglitz’ lifetime photos of Georgia O’Keefe published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Barely… holding… on… to… my… debit… card.

The Georgia O’Keefe Prints Arrived!

That I was going to decorate my bedroom in Georgia O’Keefes (FRAMED even, not JUST on canvas, ’cause I MEAN IT) was a decision made at the beginning of the Plum Boudoir endeavor. And the prints arrived yesterday! I am so pleased with the two I decided on. These are so me. I may waitContinueContinue reading “The Georgia O’Keefe Prints Arrived!”

Ramadan 2020: Eid: I Still Believe

Two years ago, I threw my first Eid party. Eid is the celebration that ends the month of Ramadan. Marie came with her husband. They both wore purple to celebrate the day with me, just because it’s my favorite color. She and I went on a six-month church tour all over the Lansing area asContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 2020: Eid: I Still Believe”

Ramadan 2020: On the kindness of Muslims

I have beliefs about God that I have held from childhood. They’re not just internalized beliefs; they’re how I filter the world around me. Many of them are expressed perfectly in Islam. My faith in God often brings me joy, but more than that it brings me steadiness. Among God’s comforts are that I canContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 2020: On the kindness of Muslims”