A couple of months ago, I shared a pic of some puffy denim hearts I’d made and thought you might enjoy seeing where some of them ended up. Behold my mid-winter mantel. Adorable as these are, they’re a tangible reminder of my biggest stumbling block right now: making things with[Read more]
I grew up in an era/school system that used “sentences” as the first line of punishment in school. Little offenders were given a sentence describing what they did wrong (ex: I will not talk while my teacher is talking.) and a number of times they had to write that sentence[Read more]
My computer is old and cranky, like me. Most days, when I open her up, ready to work, she sits, frozen on whatever screen I was on when I closed her the night before. I try waiting, but I know it’s no good, and I force her to shut down,[Read more]
Candles and my fireplace are two of the primary tools getting me through this bleak midwinter. One or the other (sometimes both) are lit in my home on any given day. And while I can’t keep the fireplace going forever, I have found a way to extend the life of[Read more]
I love feathering my nest. Not necessarily with anything new, just shopping from around my house and rearranging things to suit my mood or the season. This year, I gave Christmas the boot on December 26. The decorations had stopped bringing me joy – especially my little table top Christmas[Read more]
It’s that time of year again. Time to choose your word to set the tone for next year (if you do that kind of thing). Forbes has already declared resilience is the word for 2021. That’s perhaps a little on-the-nose, but they’re not wrong. Meanwhile, other groups work backward and[Read more]