Making Home


Our apartment kitchen, bathroom, and laundry

Our apartment kitchen, bathroom, and laundry

A tour of our Montreal apartment, starting with where we cook, groom, and wash.

Our Montreal Apartment

Our Montreal Apartment

A Montreal apartment is a good choice for who we are in our early forties, raising three teens, and building a business. It fits our lifestyle and it fits our values. It's not perfect. It's not without challenges, but it works.

Small beauty

Small beauty

Small beauty is a comfort to my spirit, a quiet sense of co-creating. It's bringing light and life into small spaces and places, filling the nooks and crannies of my heart with gratitude and contentment.

Heart of the home ~ Introduction & Big Picture

Heart of the home ~ Introduction & Big Picture

The blogs I read these days don't talk too much about household schedules and routines. I wonder if this type of blogging, "this is how I do it", is now passe.

In between the awful and amazing

In between the awful and amazing

I've learned that until my chemistry, psychology or geography changes it's not wise to have high expectations for myself during the deepest heart of winter.

January for the rest of us

January for the rest of us

I take issue with most January blog posts I read that focus on productivity, goal setting, and self-improvement projects in general.

Making a wellness plan for winter

Making a wellness plan for winter

Creating a winter wellness guide is a fun and creative self-awareness exercise.