Surrendering to the Season
Sometimes it's so hard to accept that we can only do so much at a time, and yet it's also freeing. The surrender. Surrender...often looks like a kicking-and-screaming-followed-by-peaceful-acceptance cycle for…
The Other Side of the Bookshelf or Books with a Lifetime Membership to my Bookshelf – part 2
I love learning. I bet you do too. I started to look at this list as a list of EVERY book that touched my life and soon the list because…
Books with a Lifetime Membership to my Bookshelf – part 1
(or the books that have majorly influenced the course of my life) I've read 520 books this spring…or at least it seems so. The number is probably closer to 5.…
My Grandma Made Me Do It
Well...not made me, per se, but certainly inspired me to do it! Grandma Marian, she's the one I often think of when I think about my making journey. She's the…
Choosing the Right Materials
It takes time to learn how fiber/fabrics behave I'm a relatively new knitter and am working on my first sweater for myself...I'm 9 months into it! I hope I love…
Living Wholeheartedly
Have you witnessed, or experienced your own, wholehearted expression? There's a magic to it. Something I can't quite articulate; that I can only see from the corner of my eye.…
Grace
I'm pondering grace today. The word keeps surfacing in my reading and thoughts and this morning I decided to spend time with it's meaning. It's a nuanced word...moving with beauty…
Honestly, Change is Hard
My wee boy began preschool this fall. It's been hard. It's the first time he's been dropped off with a gaggle of other kids with or without his mama. Each…
My love of Bullet Journaling
I've always been a lover of lists. Lists with little boxes to check when completed. Packing lists. Making lists. To do lists. Grocery lists. Lists of restaurants visited on a…
Failing
Not long ago I had the honor of teaching at a skill swap. It was a lovely, peace-filled day full of happy, smiling people intermingling, learning a thing or two…