Books


Inspiration for life on the fringe

Inspiration for life on the fringe

The last time I talked about life on the fringe was here, when I laid bare my soul regarding the lack of close female companionship in my life. The responses to the that post were just as heart felt as what I shared. What I heard back from you was ...

Be your own family

Be your own family

If you like what you see you might want to try some of the things that have worked for me but only if they fit with who you are as a family.

Steady Days Review & Giveaway

Steady Days Review & Giveaway

If you read any of the blogs I read regularly, most of you are probably already in the know about the release of Jamie Martin's new book Steady Days: A Journey Toward Intentional, Professional Motherhood. Since the official launch two weeks ago reviews of Jamie's book have been featured at ...

winter is for reading

winter is for reading

photo by Brienne You know me, I can't stay away from this space too long. I had a lovely, exciting surprise (which I will be sharing more of in the new year) that energized me today. The creative juices started to flow again and amazingly I didn't feel like going ...

October's Sweet Reads

October's Sweet Reads

Did you see the first version of this post? The one with October Stuff Stuff in the photo (instead of what should be October Sweet Stuff). This afternoon my husband called me, "did you mean to say sweet stuff because the caption on the photo says stuff stuff". Well I ...

The glory of everything

The glory of everything

The other night we finished reading "Charlotte's Web". Sigh... Of course the whole book is a masterpiece but I felt I could linger forever on this second last paragraph: Mr. Zuckerman took fine care of Wilbur all the rest of his days, and the pig was often visited by friends ...

Handmade Home book release party

Handmade Home book release party

Last Friday night before our anniversary supper date Damien and I attended SouleMama's book release party for Handmade Home. Silly but true: I was nervous about meeting thee SouleMama in person. She's one of the most well known bloggers in the crafty mama world which makes her kind of... famous. ...