At last! I'm so happy to announce the opening  of my Etsy Shop:  Valerie Storey Designs "Inspired by the past, created for today....

  So . . .  I've been bead shopping . . .  And I kind of got more than I bargained for! For the last week or two I've ...

Some of the beads I've gathered abroad, or just from a trip to the craft store. How to Solve any Problem with Beads . Really?  W...

No doubt about it, 2015 has been one of the best years of my life. And a s I usually do around this time of year, I like to look back and...

Dharma words and stamps from our monastery stay. Here we are at the end of our trip. I've been dragging these posts out...

Dawn breaking over Taipei's Grand Hotel. Hello, Everyone! Where do the weeks go? Despite my best intentions, it's been nearly t...