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…
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…
2009 Year of Pleasures #25
I wish I had a scratch and sniff blog. Because the smell of my studio brings me so much pleasure I’d love to find a way to share it with all of you. I don’t know, some combination of the…
Eggs Benedict Pizza
As part of my meal planning/recipe organization project, I’ve been going through all of my collected recipes and seeing which ones work for me. I have a binder full of recipes I want to try, and a journal full of…
Summer Projects
Atti’s slowly but surely gaining enough mobility that we can start to hang out in our little backyard now. We splurged on a fancy exersaucer knowing that he’s going to be spending a lot of time in there while he…
2009 Year of Pleasures #23
The patio furniture arrived last week, and this weekend it was finally sunny enough to enjoy it. Whoever started the outdoor couch trend is a hero in my book.