By Ingrid Howard When Diana Hansen closed the downtown Homewood location of White Flowers and moved into Brookwood Village, she originally thought she would operate there for only a few months. But she said she liked it there so much that she decided to stay. “I like the comfortableness of this mall,” she said. “And I think it’s pretty the way they’ve fixed it up.” This … [Read more...]
Shining out of Darkness: Story Painter Offers Hope and Happiness Through Art
By June MathewsAs a youngster, Amy Grimes would look at picture books for hours, soaking in the artistry of the illustrations and dreaming of the day when she, too, might share stories through art.Now that she’s a grownup and her dreams have become reality, she uses those very same books as sources of inspiration.“I still have them,” she said, “and I keep them open … [Read more...]