Archive for domesticity
WIP Weekends?
So I had this great idea to start a “Work-in-Progress Weekends” feature, which would feature glimpses into the projects I was currently working on, and would invite you to share in kind. But before I knew it, it was already Monday and I hadn’t made a fancy little blog button to represent the series. And [...]
continue reading "WIP Weekends?"Not swallowed up
I promise my messy kitchen didn’t swallow me up. I spent enough time in there on Saturday to get half the job done and to help Flufy film part two of his apple pie series: the crust. I still have the table to do, and there’s a section of countertop on the left that you [...]
continue reading "Not swallowed up"Urges of the domestic kind
Good morning! After a week of being out-of-sorts for a variety of reasons, I am suddenly overcome with the desire to do something about this: And if I have any energy left after that is done, there is still half a bag of apple “seconds” I could have my way with… I’ve got three pie [...]
continue reading "Urges of the domestic kind"Seeking balance (and crafty time)
Aidan enjoyed reading all of your comments on his post last night. He was all set to reply to them, but it was late and I was all set for him to go the heck to bed already and sent him upstairs before he could have his say. Oops. Mean Mom Alert. I enjoyed letting [...]
continue reading "Seeking balance (and crafty time)"Scaling Mount Laundry
The piles of clothes around my bedroom got to be too much finally. There were baskets and stacks of clean clothes, an overflowing basket of dirty clothes, and a whole lot of over-stuffed bags of clothes to be given away. Everything was starting to bleed together, and well, I couldn’t walk over to my side [...]
continue reading "Scaling Mount Laundry"The work of my hands
I enjoy my online time immensely. I spend it writing my blog, reading other blogs I enjoy, browsing Facebook, processing the day’s photos & Flicking them (Flicking? The verb form of Flickr, of course), responding to email, processing orders, working on websites for design clients, working on my own websites… and many other things I [...]
continue reading "The work of my hands"Morning Coffee with Julie Smith
Good morning, friends! Ready for another installment of Morning Coffee? Brew yourself a cup, pull up a chair, and have a seat here with me while I chat with Julie about her engaging slice-of-life blog, Under the Tulip Tree. Under the Tulip Tree I stumbled across Julie’s blog sometime early this year, I believe, and [...]
continue reading "Morning Coffee with Julie Smith"Back in the backyard
Our back patio has been depressing me ever since the summer started. I hadn’t gotten around to cleaning it up or to buying a new kiddie pool for the ever-important mid-afternoon foot-dunking, before the weather turned brutally hot and humid. I didn’t want to be outside without the relief of the little pool, but I [...]
continue reading "Back in the backyard"A lesson in perspective
Oh, look! Jars of jam, cooling on a shelf next to the window. That’s quaint. When I see images like this, my mind fills in the missing details – a row of jars on a vast, otherwise-empty shelf in a brightly-lit, well-organized room… Let’s zoom out a little bit. Ah, yes, that’s what I’m talking [...]
continue reading "A lesson in perspective"Foodie for the summer
Something about the appearance of the first local strawberry every year puts me on a local / organic / sustainable food and green-living kick. Ideally, I’d like to think along these lines all year round, and I do try, but it’s just so much easier when the farmers markets open up and the fresh local [...]
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