If you were to see my secret garden’s containers, all painstakingly top-dressed in seashells or polished river stones or colored glass pebbles or fuzzy green moss, you might gather that I have too ...

Keener, 51, of Rocky River, kayaks to secret coves to hunt for glass and china pieces that she uses in her designs. "Lake Erie has the best beach glass in the world," she said. Why? The glass is ...

Last fall I traveled with my wife across the U.S. We arrived in Los Angeles and a few hours later got to hold our newest granddaughter. It was magical, to say the least. My youngest daughter inherited ...