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  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. these tiny daisies. {for brightening up the place}. 2. this twine. {for appearing just when i needed it}. 3. these red strawberries. {for being grown without pesticides}. 4. this bra. {because without really…

    June 14, 2013 12 Comments
  • an herbal foot soak for summer feet.

    Photographing feet is tricky business. Photographing your own feet? Well, that’s some kind of blogger rite of passage isn’t it? While we’re still on the subject of clean floors and clean feet, I wanted…

    May 2, 2013 9 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #62: Mop your floors. Friends, spring is finally getting here. I’ve worn sandals, I’ve stood awkwardly close to other people’s flowers and sniffed them, I’ve flung open the windows and planted seeds outside…thank…

    May 1, 2013 15 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #61: It doesn’t matter how tiny your apartment is, if you share it with someone, divvy up the housework. Without going into all the mushy details about how we met on a tiny…

    April 24, 2013 26 Comments
  • blended up.

    About once a year I go through a fruit smoothie phase. It’s often in the springtime (see here and here) and it lasts for a month or two before I abandon the frozen stuff and head to…

    April 2, 2013 51 Comments
  • wrapped up in words.

    This year I’m wrapping all of my tiny presents in magazine pages. As you all know, I’m the picture of recycling perfection, so I never have back issues of The New Yorker floating around my tiny…

    December 18, 2012 20 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #22: Hold on to what you love, part with what you don’t. when we first moved into this tiny space, we were nervous about which of our biggest pieces of furniture we’d have…

    July 18, 2012 24 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #15: Buy a fan.* Make it one you like. Clean it often.three tips for the price of one.beyond the difficult-to-reach window in our bathroom, we have just one small window in our apartment.…

    May 30, 2012 27 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    five little things that made my week. 1. this beeswax candle. {because it was still chilly this week and reading to this guy in the evening felt cozy}. 2. this geranium. {because i’m not…

    April 6, 2012 15 Comments