

Converting That Attic Into Useful Space DIY Style
Note: This column has been reposted from LoudounNow.com. This is not a typical post for this blog, but I figure why not spread a bit of spring-cleaning encouragement whenever possible. It’s amazing what a bit of spring cleaning can do. In our case, it prompted my husband and I to transform our attic from an out-of-the-way storage space for junk we’re not quite ready to part with to a furnished bedroom. And spend very little money doing it. It all started with a trip to the at


Remembering Auntie Linda
This is a guest post from my mother, Caren MacMurchy, who lost her husband (my gregarious, encouraging, exuberant—though some may say intense—Father) 13 years ago this week and lost her cousin, who was as close as a sister, four weeks ago. It is important to know while reading this tribute that my mother, a short, chatty thing who is usually heard before seen, wrote this about my tall, soft-spoken Aunt Linda, who I called Auntie. Remembering Linda Jean Kleyn Cechura 25 Februa