It’s likely I’ll never know exactly why my husband left me. He did tell me that having fewer years ahead of him than he has behind him compelled him to start seeking something that’s been missing all his life. It’s the “greener grass” syndrome, I suppose. Sure, he had grass,[Read more]

My parents visited us last week. They understood my need to curl up in a ball and hide from the world, but countered with their need to see and hug their middle child, and offer what comfort they could. While helping with household chores and making meals to fill my[Read more]

A month ago, if you’d asked me about the name of this website or my personal mission statement – “find potential in everything” – I’d have bent your ear, as long as you let me, talking about creative reuse, both as an art form and a way of life. I’ve upcycled[Read more]

  What’s most important to you when buying pasta sauce? Price? Taste? Packaging?    What if I told you, there’s a product that has it all?! For the last year or more, our go-to pasta sauce has been Classico (a Kraft Heinz product). Maybe I’m just late to the band[Read more]

Our house sits at a T in the road and we are at the top of that T, so a lot of our neighbors have an opportunity to see our front yard, anytime they drive in or out of our neighborhood. For a while, that meant I worried about our curb[Read more]

Over the years, I’ve cultivated a pretty awesome network of crafty friends, who send me all kinds of links and photos for projects they think I’ll like (and they have yet to be wrong). In addition to broadening my idea pool, these kindred spirits often intuit what resources I have[Read more]