I don’t really know what happened. I was trying to follow the rules. I finished high school, went to college, got a degree, did a few odd jobs and travelled before I settled into a desk job. I met my husband at my job, we moved to Minnesota for a promotion he took, and IContinue reading “the diary of a free woman (who’s been trying to rebuild her cage)”
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what remains
Have you ever been in a place in your life when every safe option disappears? That’s where I’ve found myself for the past two years. My husband’s job moved us to North Carolina, and I wound up not being able to commit to a full time job for various reasons, from family emergencies that requiredContinue reading “what remains”
fabric flips
I have long had an affinity (addiction) to fabric. I know a few other people like this. We gather material from fabric stores and other sources, not sure what we’re going to use it for, just because we love it. We have a bin of loose fabric, ready for the next project. For some people,Continue reading “fabric flips”
less is more
We live in a time like none other. We. Have. So. Much. Stuff. Recently, my mother-in-law passed away. Her husband, my father-in-law, passed less than two years before. It has been very difficult for my husband, as he has had to go through his childhood home and deal with a lifetime of belongings while heContinue reading “less is more”
i make myself rich by making my wants few – henry david thoreau
I lived in Santiago, Chile for a year, about fifteen years ago. I lived out of a backpack the entire time, renting a room in different apartments, and was a teacher’s assistant at a university. There was a moment, when I was with another person from the United States, and I saw a few buskersContinue reading “i make myself rich by making my wants few – henry david thoreau”
design + surrender 