I often wish my tiny house was larger – more room for guests, more room for creating things, more room for whatever. This time of year, most of all, I fantasize about having a home large enough to host an open house, with cider brewing on the stove, a touch[Read more]

Two nights each week I’m on the campus of Bellarmine University, the result of three people sharing two cars (and one of the drivers not having his full license, yet). I don’t mind. It’s quality time with my youngest (driving to and from campus) and a good excuse to exercise[Read more]

A couple of careers ago, I spent almost a decade working as a magazine editor. Because of our publishing calendar, I was always living six months ahead of the rest of the world – planning Christmas-themed articles in June; thinking about summer activities in winter. It wasn’t a helpful mindset[Read more]

In case I’ve never said it out loud, allow me to put it in print: I like my own company. The fact that I miss being married has nothing to do with my ability to be alone and everything to do with my desire to share myself with someone else.[Read more]

Slowly, but surely, I’m beginning to accept there are things I may never understand. Topping the list on any given day: most tax laws; trigonometry; how a man’s mind works; and macrame. The tutorials on Pinterest make macrame seem so simple and the results look so satisfying. But, the process[Read more]

When my bathroom was renovated earlier this year, I spent nearly a month shopping for all its components – flooring and paint, shower doors and and fixtures, vanity, baseboards . . . the list seemed endless for a room that’s only 5′ x 5′. And after all the hard work[Read more]