spaces

I now love my house: The only thing you don’t get is the kitchen table, because it is filled with clutter and paint supplies still. And the Harry Potter bathroom: because it’s a bathroom. I love my house: this is our first floor today. Why did I not love my house in January? I honestly […]

So it is Sunday and I am up before noon for once and biscuits are in the oven like I am a real mom. I know I mentioned that we are not selling our house but that led to a big ignore of housework until the dog hair piled up for weeks. I had enough […]

So. The studio is going through an evolution. I needed to be inspired by this space, and some rearranging gave me that inspiration. So now, I sit in the studio, with a new writing corner facing the light that is coming through the bay window, in a beautiful room surrounded by furniture and objects that […]

Most of this is repeat from Facebook posts. Sorry if I am repeating myself. This week, I’m working really, really hard on staying in the present. It’s so hard to stay mindful. I’m focusing on what I can control because it feels like so much of what is going on in the world is out […]

Most days, I don’t think about it. I just plop down in whatever chair is closest, just sit down and resign myself to whatever level of comfort a chair gives me. When quietly left to my own devices though, I am extremely picky about sitting spaces. I use one of the cushions provided at church, […]

I admire minimalists. I listen to The Minimalists podcast every week while I do the laundry. However, I am not a minimalist. I am growing to be okay with this fact. I used to want to be a minimalist. And the principals of minimalism have definitely colored my approach both to purchases and purging current […]