For as long as I can remember, my favorite scripture has always been, “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened” (Matthew 7:7). At the same time, for as long as I can remember, it never ceases to amaze me when any[Read more]
The task of doing laundry – washing, folding, drying, putting away – is my Myth of Sisyphus. I still envision a time (an hour or even an afternoon?) when all the laundry is clean and I may rest. But each time I come close, the laundry hamper reveals a pile[Read more]
Oh, January, why must your days of deeply fulfilling bouts of organization and long-awaited fresh starts be marred by the arrival of December bills? I should have known better than to comment on how well we’re doing on our piecemeal income. The muse of all makers (necessity) gets nervous if[Read more]
I couldn’t resist sharing a picture of this place. I passed it while traveling through southern Indiana this weekend and had to pull over and stare for a minute. What do you see when you look at a place like this? First, I see oodles and oodles of obtainium, just[Read more]
I’ve always thought I’d like to run an antique shop (and by “antique” I mean secondhand, previously loved, vintage, not actual antiques). In recent years, I’ve envisioned broadening that little shop to include a work space, where my husband and I could upcycle or repurpose odds and ends we found in[Read more]
Next week marks one year since my employment status changed from full-time, regular Jo(sie) to part-time this, part-time that, all-around-renaissance woman. Although I began this blog six months before that, I consider that point in time as the moment I became a blogger. To celebrate this anniversary, I’m announcing my first giveaway![Read more]