A few weeks ago on the last day of 2015 I read through my morning pages from the year. If you’re not familiar with morning pages it’s three pages of hand-written stream of consciousness writing that you do daily. Julia…
As much as I hate that the older I get, the faster time seems to pass I can’t help but love December. I’m a sucker for all the sparklyness of the holidays. The day after Thanksgiving my husband and I…
Winter is here and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m sad to let go of afternoons at the river or the beach but I can’t wait until it is just a few degrees colder so I can throw some logs…
“I never imagined that I’d be married to someone who reads fantasy novels,” I said to my husband last week. We were camping for my birthday on the edge of a lovely river that we’d planned on spending the day…
I was talking to a friend today and when she mentioned that she might be moving away from the West Coast one of the reasons she cited was that she really missed living somewhere where there are seasons. Even though…
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about being present and how busyness is the arch enemy of presence. Being truly present is something that I have a hard time with. I’m pretty much always doing something and usually I’m doing…
A few years ago Delilah and I heard Stefan Sagmeister of Sagmeister & Walsh speak at Alt Summit and we were blown away. Sagmeister, a New York based designer shared pieces of his art exhibit/documentary The Happy Show about his…
I love spring but I also kind of can’t wait for it to be over. I love it because it’s finally warm enough to spend time in the backyard, replant the flower beds and vegetable garden, morning walks no longer…
When I was young, traveling held a mystery that surpassed my fear of flying. I loved everything about traveling, including getting to the airport early and sitting at my gate or in the airport bar and jotting down bits of…
On the last night of 2014 I sat in my studio with my husband and sister-in-law drinking cocktails and crafting New Year’s Eve hats from card stock, pom-pom balls, glitter and copious amounts of washi tape. Neither of them are…
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