I can’t believe I haven’t gotten around to sharing this yet. This is one of those things that’s been in the back of my mind for years now, but I kept thinking that I had to have covered it already.…
Crafting FAIL
Just in case any of you were operating under the delusion that everything I make works out perfect every time….. Styrofoam melts in the oven. Thought you should know.
The Canon
I’m finally finished organizing my recipes. Well, as finished as I’m ever going to be. I like experimenting with new dishes too much to ever just cut myself off completely and say, “Nope. I’ve got the 30 recipes we like…
2009 Year of Pleasures #29
Earlier this summer I was tooling around a beach town with Karen, my cousin/favorite shopping buddy. We were walking past this shop that was obviously serving a clientele that did not include me. Lots of things you’d see at your…
The Long Form
I don’t really know if it’s because I’m a mom now, or because I’m getting older and (hopefully) maturing, or just a new attempt at mindfulness inspired by this wonderful craft blogging community, but for the first time in my…
Taking my show on the road.
Next month I’m going to be speaking at the Sunstone symposium. Sunstone is a fantastic magazine that focuses on the Mormon experience through academic scholarship, literature, and addressing of social issues within the church and without. It doesn’t seem to…
Things I’m loving right now…
Here’s what I’m spending my time on while it’s been too hot to be productive: This game. These puzzles. This webseries. This music. (Seriously. Listen to the first track. Amazing) And this music. These TV shows. These really awesome podcasts.…
2009 Year of Pleasures #28
It has been SO. Darn. Hot. here over the last couple of weeks. Too hot to cook, too hot to wear clothes you’d be seen in public in, too hot to touch another human. There are only so many nights…
Garden Bounty
This gardening thing has a real learning curve. I may have failed with sprouting seeds, but my bulbs all went off like gangbusters, and once I bought the seedlings and got them in ground, I managed to keep them alive,…
2009 Year of Pleasures #26
My garden is in shambles right now. The ranunclus have all died back, the blooms on the hydrangeas have browned, and the glorious poppy tangle is pretty much over. But I’m still getting the occasional bright red splash, and you…