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Chatting with “The Jones Market”…
Supporting other handmade makers by sharing them just for fun (read: not sponsored) is something I’ve advocated from the beginning of my time as a blogger. I admire handmade makers’ perseverance and...
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Discussing “The Glass Castle”…
Notice: I’m discussing some of my favorite elements from The Glass Castle in this post. If you haven’t read the book, but want to, please bookmark this to read later. I finally read a book that’s been...
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A game of Evening Chase…
At the beginning of January, I wrote out my priorities. I shared them here, but I also physically wrote them out and taped them to the wall above my writing desk. Zack shares with me often the...
View ArticleLightbulbs of encouragement.
A list of five things that have been like lightbulbs of encouragement (within the last 24 hours): This statement I shared on Facebook yesterday morning: “Yesterday I spent approx. 58 seconds on...
View ArticleLife around here…
These are the days of: deciding to go to bed early rather than read a book slow sips of creamy, morning coffee (and reminding myself to measure my hard moments in small doses). tending my houseplants:...
View ArticleDecorating with rugs!
There’s nothing like a good rug to give me another excuse to add color to our home. For years and years, our homes have had hardwood flooring, which I love because of how easy they are to keep clean....
View ArticleWhy I make soup.
Some days, the only solution is to walk into the kitchen and pull out an armload of ingredients. Chicken stock and kale, an onion from the pantry. Ground sausage needing to be browned and a swirl of...
View ArticleLearn, experience, and fly.
I’m writing to you today with the smell of sunshine floating through our home. I can smell it on Maxwell when I sit as his side and help him with a project. It dusted itself on Marigold’s head, and I...
View ArticleGive me comfort.
Where do we turn when we’re gaining no new traction, when we’re running in circles around ourselves, the mess, the uncertainty of it all? We turn to our comforts. Yet, how often do I turn to things...
View ArticleFour books that have wonderfully changed my life…
It’s likely I read for all the same reasons you read: to quiet my mind, to bring stillness to an often over-active day, to learn something new, to try out new emotions, to laugh, because “leaders are...
View ArticleCan you ask yourself this question?
While visiting a friend’s house the other morning, she offered make two cups of coffee. (Of course I said yes.) In between sips and checking in our our many children, we talked about writing (how is it...
View ArticleGift ideas for mama dear…
Rather abruptly, just like a gust of wind blowing through an open window, I became an “early to bed” person. Perhaps it’s the I-birthed-three-babies-in-three-years (and no one’s sleeping through the...
View ArticleDo you have a favorite magazine?
For years (YEARS, I tell you), I have loved Real Simple magazine. If I wanted to splurge on a small gift to myself, I would often bought this magazine. If Zack asked me for “something special”, there’s...
View Article5 things our family relies on / thrives on!
I’m not sure what came first, noticing one of our children having sensitive skin or wanting to be more conscious of the things we are putting on our skin and into our bodies? Either way, both are an...
View ArticleJune favorites.
Hello mid-June. You’re moving right along, aren’t you? Because celebrating the little things that make our lives extra good is important, here are a few things I’m happy to call “a favorite” right now:...
View ArticlePause.
Dear community of readers, Leading up to today, I’ve felt something I can only describe as “a calling to be quiet” across social media so I can be more fully engaged with my family, children, and my...
View ArticleEmbroidery Inspiration: part I
The dissonance that occurs when I have too many plates spinning, when I’m overly over-tired, when I feel like I can’t think past the RIGHTNOW of life is strong. Like triple shot strong (coffee joke?)....
View ArticleWeaving new threads…
A very special memory of Natalie “wishing me luck” before I left the house to set up for a Gussy market. It’s been very sweet to have the kids ask me about what I’m making, ask me to use my sewing...
View ArticleHow to give inspiration an opportunity.
“Write every day. Not every other day. Not tomorrow. Not after the party. But before. The more you write, the more comes out of you. If you don’t give inspiration an opportunity, it will never arrive.”...
View ArticleHow we paid off over $42,000 in debt in just 2 years!
Alright friends, this post is something I’ve wanted to write for a LONG time. Many of you know my family is on a serious mission to become debt-free this year. Let’s settle down together in my living...
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