• make your own: graces lawn game.

    Have a hankering to make your very own 19th century lawn game? Well! You’ve come to the right place! I don’t remember where exactly my sisters and I got the set of graces that…

    July 6, 2023 2 Comments
  • bunting on grass

    less rules, more play.

    My latest spin around the sun has officially been marked with chocolate cake and cousins, old friends and various takes on the Spaghett. We’ve had swims in the Sound and a swim in a…

    July 5, 2023 0 Comments
  • three things for summer.

    It’s summer. New York City public schools are finally out. The city pools are opening tomorrow. My anxiety of a wide open summer without school and with only very limited childcare is rising at…

    June 28, 2023 9 Comments
  • simple stuff: a movie projector.

    We don’t have a TV. Like other radiantly aging millennials, not having a TV doesn’t mean we don’t watch TV or movies, but it probably does mean that the *way* we watch them is…

    June 27, 2023 11 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. this table. {moved twelve inches.) 2. this rope. {and a half-baked idea.} 3. these sun prints. {and office supplies, always.} 4. this old sweater. {and the weather to wear it in.} 5. this…

    June 23, 2023 2 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. this pickle-heavy sandwich. 2. this (re)organized stash. 3. this place for beads. 4. this study in imperfection. 5. these tubes.* *(PS. the code RMTL25 is still good if you need TP from PP!)…

    June 16, 2023 7 Comments
  • small improvements: tiny parts storage.

    Q: Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life? A: To sort plastic beads into tiny plastic drawers. I hate the stranglehold that clear plastic storage solutions…

    June 15, 2023 19 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. these nine candles, plus one for good luck. 2. this old guide to a new mend. 3. this spread. 4. these shades. 5. this salmon geranium. other things: think scalpel, not sledgehammer. an…

    June 2, 2023 9 Comments