On Friday nights we order pizza and watch a family movie, which means that for at least a portion of the evening—before dishes beckon from the kitchen or our two-year-old loses her will to…
1. this sidewalk-found kitchen. {in a new spot.} 2. almost-spring scenes. {cotton sweaters, droopy flowers, candle nub.} 3. late afternoon sun. {and bubbly water.} 4. drawing cards. {a new-to-me habit.} 5. this sleepy garden…
1. this new shade. {to replace a broken one.} 2. this tiny project. {and using different muscles.} 3. this other work in progress. {and trying something new.} 4. these reshaped pillows. {for working out…
1. these borrowed needles. {and using them for something fun to come.} 2. this bed. {and the kid sleeping in it after a few days away.} 3. james’s jacket. {which i’ve commandeered for the…
1. these grounding words. {right where i can see them.} 2. this rearranged desk. {cheers to 18-inch moves and supplies at the ready.} 3. these nearly done things. {for not being entirely done.} 4.…
Some of you might recall that we have a very pink, very vintage bathroom that we mostly have left well enough alone. Earlier this year though, I made one small change that’s made a…
My dad has been reglazing and painting the twelve-over-twelve windows on my parents’ house on a five year schedule for the past thirty years. He does it for himself, and my mom, and for…
Most of the furniture in our apartment has come into our possession second, third, or unknowable numbers of hands ago. Most of that wasn’t bought restored or refurbished, but rescued from the curb on…
It’s the end of January. A mouse that was scurrying around in our wall became a mouse that was scurrying around in our apartment. Now it is a mouse scurrying somewhere in the underbrush…
1. these watercolors. {no matter if my painting partner would. not. stop. mixing. colors.} 2. these clementines. {and the other 876 we’ve eaten this week.} 3. this classic. {and the birdwatcher.} 4. these pencils.…