(Beyond the home) Work & Career


We Have a Store (homeschool, health, adventure, natural family living support and services)

We Have a Store (homeschool, health, adventure, natural family living support and services)

I have some exciting news to share - we have a store! In the past I've talked about the iterative process Damien and I use to flesh out ideas in our life. And how those ideas keep moving forward but usually in a slow, cyclical fashion until we finally do ...

He Cooks ~ He Shops

He Cooks ~ He Shops

One of our goals when we moved was to build a livelihood together at the intersection of our skills and passion, expertise and interests. We don't have a specific "career" in mind for either of us. Instead, we envision our work as an ongoing evolution of projects and ideas that ...

My Salad e-book Coming Soon. Really.

My Salad e-book Coming Soon. Really.

This has been a hard e-book to finish. But it's coming. Soon. Maybe it's because (I'm sure this has something to do with it!) I've lived in three different homes over the past three months. We had an incredibly intense, fun filled May and June. Not to mention I've had ...

The Life We're Trying to Live

The Life We're Trying to Live

I saw this video yesterday on a friend's facebook feed, and I just had to share it. (If you like this trailer help kickstart this movie, they need funds to see this project through to completion.) Seems like we're part of a movement. You see, there's a whole bunch of ...

Did I Mention our Life is Crazy Sometimes?

Did I Mention our Life is Crazy Sometimes?

I know, from experience, it doesn't stay this way. This moment of craziness does not define my life. This flux and change, and creative problem solving, is part of the package of creating the life we want for our family.

Community & 30 Day Vegan (with a good deal for you)

Community & 30 Day Vegan (with a good deal for you)

I've been talking about my mission now for the past month. In my first post I explained that part of my motivation for writing a personal mission statement was because of the work I am starting to do beyond mothering - freelance writing, coaching, an e-book, etc. I wanted a ...

Why Writing a Mission Statement is So Hard

Why Writing a Mission Statement is So Hard

When we stripped away the job, the career path, the retirement account, the house, and the familiar routines (on purpose) we were left wondering, now what?