About Ruth Clark

“The Only Thing That Lasts”

Visiting the office of Carol Clark Law is like stepping into an eclectic, bustling household. The rooms in the red-brick building she owns in suburban Sandy Springs, on the outskirts of Atlanta, are filled with oriental carpets, handmade quilts and paintings of seascapes, mountains and meadows. Surprises wait around every corner. There's a hand-carved wooden tobacco-store Indian peering from an alcove and vivid folk art paintings by Thornton Dial hanging on the walls. There's also an empty dog …