Natalie Chanin releases the third book in her sewing trilogy. It’s no secret we have a thing for Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin here on EcoSalon. An entrepreneur, designer, author, lecturer and strong businesswoman who went back to her roots in Florence, Alabama to stimulate local economy (as well as her own quest for a […]

Conscious life, hear me roar. Two-Volume Novel The sun’s gone dim, and The moon’s turned black; For I loved him, and He didn’t love back. – Dorothy Parker My daughter came home from school the other day with this Dorothy Parker poem scribbled in 11-year-old penmanship down her palm and onto her wrist. “I got […]

Conscious life, hear me roar. Even when I was little, I knew my grandmother was a deeply sad woman. In fact, my earliest memory of my grandmother is the one of me listening to her weeping quietly in her bedroom when she didn’t know I was hiding in her closet (having just found a bevy […]