CW: themes of death, childhood death, anxiety It's no secret I'm a night owl, always have been. There hasn't been a moment in my life when I've felt the natural pull to rest my weary head at a decent hour. My least favorite quote? "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." Dumb (okay, not dumb...maybe I'm just jealous?). Anyway, it was late one night a few weeks ago when I was lying in bed, sipping a glass of Pinot, reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when the craving hit ... VIEW POST
Out of the mouths of babes & Oatmeal Cranberry cookies
Laundry room organization made easy: does anyone care, though?
It feels weird. Trying to blog about mundane things like laundry room organization when life quite literally feels on the cusp of...something. I've talked about my own struggle with posting "normal" life during times that pull us out of our own bubbles and push us into the world as it is -- a messy, torturous place for so many people. Embrace that pull, folks. Learn from it. Anyway, the injustice of it all eats away at me, every day. Every breath I take is jam-packed with the knowledge that the ... VIEW POST
Photography is magic
"Whoa! That's so cool," my kids gasped, breathless in their excitement as they saw the colors stream through my camera lens. What looked to be a faint line of pink quickly burst into a blend of dark pink, purple, blue, and green. Photography is magic.The human eye is fairly weak, really. We're just not equipped to see the variations and brilliance in night light with our own eyes (one of the reasons I thank my camera after every shoot). Magical, ethereal, something other worldly -- ways I could ... VIEW POST
Your soul deserves to be on fire
Recently, I scrolled upon a GIF that said, "Forget about being cool. I want to be so kind that it freaks people out."I thought, "SAME." Then, I thought about all the time I spent trying to be cool, imagining myself as the cool kid, pretending that I was someone else that was cool, practicing being cool in the mirror (damn, it was cringe), and in doing so, *not* being kind OR cool... It was a lot of time, to be honest, and I regret it. I massively regret it. All of that time led to years of ... VIEW POST
A day in the life: homeschool edition
How did we get here?Let's say ten-ish years ago, you told me I would be homeschooling five human children. Well, I would have spit my Mike's Hard Lemonade straight in your face (it's summertime and we're eating tacos on the porch, by the way. I politely hand you a towel to wipe your face because I'm nice like that.). Rewind to ten-ish (okay maybe 12)...(TWELVE?!?) years ago. I had one human child, was working as an elementary school counselor, and was, quite frankly, miserable. Do you ever feel ... VIEW POST
A dumb gardener’s guide to patio gardening
Okay, when I say "dumb" I don't mean dim-witted or stupid. I'm simply saying that, as far as gardening goes (or keeping anything green, well, green), I have no idea what I'm doing. The dumb gardener's guide to patio gardening is my way of simplifying gardening to a small, manageable space that's easy for anyone to keep. Probably. Growing up in the high, arid country of Colorado, it was nearly impossible to grow anything beyond sagebrush. During the summer, we would road trip to my parents' home ... VIEW POST
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