Long ago, a friend introduced me to her secret for making progress on any project – do something. She likened anything she tackled to the endless writing assignments she had to plow through in graduate school – when she just couldn’t bring herself to write anything, she’d work on the[Read more]
Beautiful weather inspired a plethora of yard sales this weekend. Just wanted to share a couple of my favorite finds. Printer’s tray; $7.00 It’s not uncommon to see a more modern version of this – intended to hold thimbles or shot glasses or tiny, ceramic animals – but a genuine printer’s[Read more]
If you want to know what I’m working through on any given day, just look at what I’m working on. If I’m cleaning and organizing, I’ve probably missed a recent opportunity because I didn’t have my act together. If I’m making to do lists, laying out my clothes for the next day, or[Read more]
So, this spring I set my sights much lower and decided to bust open some of the free, or nearly free, seed packets I’d picked up last season. My youngest son rolled up his sleeves and, together, we filled every styrofoam cup we could find with dirt, seeds, water, and[Read more]