by Kathy Russell, Small Space Design The following blog, “Creating a Fall Retreat for Your Home,” appeared on the Website of Small Space Design. Kathy Russell, Interior Designer for Small Space Design, therein incorporated elements of an equestrian theme. Kathy has graciously agreed to share her thoughts here on creating a special place to find peace within our homes. DARE TO DREAM Do you dream of having that perfect space to escape to within your home? Are you exhausted and wanting to hide somewhere for 20 minutes (or longer!) and chill? It doesn’t have to take a huge amount of time to create a little cozy nook for just that - to relax and unwind after a hectic day...
Upon entering this small shop on Case Goods Lane, you feel as though you have stepped back in time. It is a small shop, but seems one that has a large heart, and an equal insistence on perfection. It belongs in many ways as much to yesterday as it does to today.
In the wild, when our cats and dogs’ ancestors would hunt, the first thing they would consume after a kill is the stomach and gut of the prey, why? Because that is how they get their probiotics. Thing is, it is fresh. I know that in no realistic way I can give my dogs and cats something that fresh! So, how do we safely get those ‘good guys’ into their gut biome so that they can over populate the bad ones?
My Father would start his story by recalling how my Grandmother would bundle him and his four siblings into the sleigh, while my Grandfather got the horses ready. My Father had a strong memory of the moment and of the way as a child he and his brother and sisters had been carefully settled into the sleigh...
As I sit down to write this blog, memories of pets that I've had the honour and pleasure of knowing throughout my life flitter through my mind – there were so many of them – how could I possibly have endured the dying and death of so many beloved pets? Being a death doula has me thinking about dying and death all the time, and through my training and work, I recognize that I've helped myself get through most of those deaths by being with the pet when they've died. I was there to comfort and hold a safe space for them as they continued their journey out of this physical world and on to the next. In essence, I...
