Making Things is officially out in the world! Huge and continued thanks to everyone who has bought the book, championed the project, and generally been encouraging of me and of Rose as we’ve made…
I bought a pair of shorts. I won’t say I’m admitting defeat, but after a second seam-busting exercise in humility, and the third or fourth, possibly fifth, time extending our stay at my parents’…
1. these drops. {the plus side of a rainy week.} 2. this broken shovel. {i regret to inform everyone i was right. might try a thread repair.} 3. this ice cream sandwich. {and the…
I woke up with a hankering to make something. The joe-pye weed I hung in my parents’ shed a few weeks ago wasn’t really all the way dry and the stems of the cornflowers…
It’s paperwhite season, which means it’s time for setting bulbs in jam jars or bowls or any small vessel you happen to have, and sticking them on a windowsill so you have something to…
1. this watering can. {a gift, and the best new addition to the window ledge.} 2. this new-to-us dresser. {we’re figuring out if it works in our space and marveling at the built-in drawer…
It’s been a few years since I wrote this piece on children’s books by native and indigenous authors, so I thought it might be time to share a few more recent favorites. These books…
five little things that made my week. 1. this bowl of grapes. {for being on our table again, just like clockwork.} 2. these works in progress. {and a good way to put this lunch…
I loved the first day of school as a kid, but I loved it equally much in college. Incredibly, in the first years of college, we would line up outside the main building on campus…