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Coming Home: Sense of Place, Community Building, and Being Present
People who don’t write or garden must spend a lot of money on therapy. For the last year, I’ve wanted to finish up the last of my bachelor’s degree, and start pursuing a master’s degree. Why traditional education? Because I want to teach unconventionally within a conventional place. I want to support that handful of…
An Open Letter To The Universe
Dear Universe, You and I know that I’ll do anything in the pursuit of truth. And I’m ready to go. Pop culture has never really been my forte. I don’t enjoy seeing movies often, as I’m convinced it is mostly for sedating the masses. But this afternoon I found myself at the library flipping through…
Better Than Bad But Not Great: What Food Can Teach You About Life
This afternoon, I finished up my first loaf of dutch oven bread and a minestrone from scratch. Besides feeling like a total bamf for making my own bread, it helped fuel my recent obsession with foodie culture. From reading food memoirs to learning how to make a wine sauce certain to please, exploring what it…
Half-yearly check-in: What’s been good?
Today is one of those blissful days for an Oregonian. The rain is perfect, falling steady and light on everything. It’s the sweet relief from June’s heat, best enjoyed outside under the eaves where you can listen in and breathe the freshness rising off tree and pavement alike. It’s a reflective sort of day. Think…
Simple by Design: Why Not Choose Now?
Today, I woke up before my kids did. I showered, got dressed, put on a soft purple scarf and red lipstick, and started my day in the blissful stillness you only really appreciate when you become a parent. The kids woke up, and I gave them a simple breakfast of yogurt and raspberries drizzled with…
Find Your Signal: 3 Inspiring Reads To Move You (plus a freebie)
You ever feel like the universe is bombarding you with signals you can’t quite understand? Lately, I’ve felt an eerie calm amidst the chaos in my life, and I have felt frozen with indecision. These helped me move forward today, and I hope they help you, too. Today’s signals: A manifesto on passion seeking. A…
An Afterparty and A Recipe
I love being onstage. It’s the great love affair of my life. There’s something about dressing up I don’t think I’ll ever outgrow, and having the opportunity to bring joy to so many people I’ll never know is a gift. Right now, I’m playing an ingenue in Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies at a local community theatre,…
3 Unexpectedly Simple Ways to Earn Extra Cash
Money doesn’t have to be hard to come by. It’s easy to earn some extra cash using services you are already familiar with, especially when you don’t have to hard sell anything. Here are three simple ways I’ve buit small income streams into my family’s lifestyle. 1. Register for Amazon Affiliates You don’t have to…
What if you just… stopped?
You’re overwhelmed with it all. From the daily things that have to be done, to your latest commitments, to attempting to fit in time for what you actually would like to do, you’re so bogged down that it feels like you’re walking through mud. Or maybe more like you’re carrying the world on your shoulders.…
5 Easy Ways to Live With Less
Summer’s here, the kids are home from school, and if you’re like me, your house seems to feel more full than usual. Thankfully, it doesn’t take much to downsize a little and make a big impact. Here are five easy ways you can live with less. 1. Glass reusable containers Pyrex has some nice reusable…