swirling paint at Trust the Mess last summer with Sabrina Ward Harrison
i was on the couch early this morning, snuggling with my littlest one who’s still clingy and slogging his way through a double ear infection, and this song came on. remember it?  kermit, sitting on a log strumming his guitar in his little pond [...]

“resonate”

i have been turning over stones and wandering down yellow brick roads in search of my community right here in my own neighborhood.  i know it exists. i see evidence of it everywhere…
funky thrift stores, sidewalk sales, mixed media collages, indie designers, yoga communities, etsy goodies, rainbows of yarn, studios and galleries, hand stamped cards, [...]

i always feel i bit restless when i am in that space right before a big transition – in that inbetween place where dreams are born.  that’s where i’ve been for the last several weeks, neither here not there but overflowing with bursts of color and energy and big unanswered questions.  as the school year [...]

last night, at the end of a very busy and full weekend i lay in bed with my eight year old and we talked about how lucky we are… how lucky we have friends and family who love and surround us, that we have so many fun and amazing places to explore, that there are [...]

THIS… was the sweet spot in our week ;)

in a moment, sometimes your life can open up just enough to reveal to you a simple but important truth that you’ve never really noticed before.  it’s an inkling of something so subtle but so pure that you can barely put your finger on it or really wrap any words around it. it’s less dramatic [...]

craft stash swap goodies from stephanie (thanks for organizing kim!)

while i was away on my little blog/work hiatus i was flooded with love and kindness.  it never ceases to amaze me how friends and even complete strangers have such a capacity to share their light and lift you up.  my in box was full of [...]