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Books & Chocolate: a perfect match

Books & Chocolate: a perfect match

Summer is well upon us and we are eagerly reading. Books and chocolate go hand in hand, and it is one of our favorite gifts to give. Something to feed the soul and the stomach. We asked each of our employees to pair their favorite book with a corresponding chocolate for some delightful summer reading.
June 19, 2020 — Heirloom Staff
Fathers at Home at Last

Fathers at Home at Last

Fatherhood is simply magic. It is transformative in every sense. First off, love is created immediately and abundantly. A baby, your baby, enters the world and suddenly life starts afresh. You assume a role that rocks your world while you rock and bounce a bundle of new love in your arms. Your priorities shift and though you continue to feel an urgent pull to reach your full creative potential and driving ambitions they are fueled and tempered at the same time, in the best sort of way, by a desire to preserve, protect, honor and nurture this new life.
May 21, 2020 — Brad Roberts
Old-Lands: Welsh Conservation, Foraging and Family at its very Finest.

Old-Lands: Welsh Conservation, Foraging and Family at its very Finest.

I want to tell you of a place full of wonder I wish the whole world could visit, one human or family at a time. There are certainly times when something feels merely coincidental and there are times when the universe mystically aligns so perfectly that you realize that a Being more loving, creative and capable than you must be in possession of all the cards. Such a time was the serendipitous few days we spent last summer, nestled among history in the border country of Wales in a place called Old-Lands

April 22, 2020 — Brad Roberts
Attributes of Mothers

Attributes of Mothers

Mothers are everything to us. This year, and every year, we are influenced our own mothers, the mothering women in our lives, and the attributes that we treasure about them. It is hard to define what makes a mother so inherently good. Personally, I appreciate different things about my mother at different times in my life. It's sort of like looking in a mirror, but of things only seen in hindsight. I see the personal strength of my mother’s choices and actions over the years, as I now face similar challenges. As a result, I admire and crave her wisdom even more, as she continues to mother me in every phase of life, albeit differently than when I was four years old.
April 10, 2020 — Chelsey Newbould
The Gift of Life Stories: J.R.R. Tolkien

The Gift of Life Stories: J.R.R. Tolkien

To tell a story, whether your own life story or any other type, is to share a piece of you, a part of your world and how you see it. J.R.R. Tolkien did this, sharing stories and an entirely new world, Middle-earth, that have resonated with readers, filmmakers, authors, artists, and fans down through the decades. If you’re familiar with The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings but not with their creator, I hope I can share why Tolkien and his works have impacted our world, as well as my own. 
October 02, 2019 — Heirloom Art & Co.
Let Good Things Grow: Garden Mornings

Let Good Things Grow: Garden Mornings

I come from a long line of women who knew how to grow things. My mom grew tomatoes on a tiny cement patio wedged between rowhomes in downtown Saint Louis. My grandma grew a raspberry patch that nears legend in the imaginations of her grandchildren.

This summer it was time to take my place.

August 26, 2019 — Carolyn Carter
Tags: garden
Labor Day Weekend Time Travel: Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous

Labor Day Weekend Time Travel: Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous

Our family has come to love living history. Over the next few months I will be sharing with you some of our very favorites in hopes that it will inspire both your travel and learning.  One of our favorites and closest to home is the Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous.
August 20, 2019 — Brad Roberts
On the Loom

On the Loom

Our lives are a series of interwoven threads as people and choices come and go throughout. As a weaver, I feel these philosophical concepts deeply during the long hours spent at the loom. It is one of the places where my hands are busy with creation, but my mind wanders. 
August 15, 2019 — Chelsey Newbould
Art Epistolaire

Art Epistolaire

There is an elegance to the sincerity of a handwritten letter. In writing letters, we come to recognize and know each other, and we come to recognize and know ourselves too.
August 01, 2019 — Carolyn Carter
Pioneer Day: Connections of Light and Love

Pioneer Day: Connections of Light and Love

The stories of our ancestors are unique sources of inspiration. If many of my third and fourth-great grandparents could literally walk 1,300 miles across the United States—the equivalent of almost 50 marathons—then I can definitely endure my Physical Science 100 class. If my great-great-grandmother could sleep on the floor when men would ride by on horseback and shoot into the house because of her family’s religious beliefs, how can I complain when I don’t get enough sleep on busy nights?
July 23, 2019 — Heirloom Art & Co.
Books That Change Us

Books That Change Us

Every few years I stumble upon the right book at the right time. Clarity, hope, vision settle profoundly into my heart, and as a result, I am changed.

Here are some of the books that have changed us.

July 19, 2019 — Chelsey Newbould
Tags: Books
Travel Guide: Seeing Paris through Rose-Colored Glasses

Travel Guide: Seeing Paris through Rose-Colored Glasses

There will always be another chance to spend eight hours in the Louvre, or to ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower. But the first time you go to Paris, spend it the French way, and you just may get to see the city through rose-colored glasses.
July 10, 2019 — Carolyn Carter
Tags: French Paris Travel