my other home

This blog is about the life my husband and I are making together in our home. Today, it is about my other home. My mother died two fridays ago. Her children and grandchildren gathered last week to attend her home and service. I realized after her service that I was also saying goodbye to the […]

reflecting the past

I used to thrift to find things that fit my style. On occasion, I fit my style to things I find thrifting. Yesterday was such a moment: I have a small variety of light covers and reflectors, but I don’t recall having seen any so large or so specifically not holiday themed as these. I […]

entryway bling

the entryway project got push back another year, but that’s no reason to leave it bland for the holidays. I found this smart little LED birch at Costco a few years ago, and it is regularly handy to dress up tight spaces. the puffy little wall decals are good fun. I’ve been sitting on them, […]

our wabi-sabi cottage

we have had our little hobbit house for about a year and a half, living in it for just over a year. it is perfect for us. it needs help, it needs work. it has cracks, and chips, and wounds from its lengthening life, but so do we. we will love it, tend to it, […]

runway homo

October 3rd opened up Kansas City Fashion Week. For the second time this fall, I walked for the stunning and talented Andrea Minnette Bledsoe, designer and proprietress of Recrudescence Studio. Andrea has broken new ground, electroplating organic material and adding it to her language of found vintage material. She has also started her journey into […]

daily occasions lost in the shuffle

Catching up with forgotten captures: Enjoy. And journey on, my lovelies!

eldredge revisited

I give to you a photo I forgot to post awhile back; a more successful capture of the Eldredge knot: I do enjoy this knot, even considering the limitations of its usage. Or perhaps due to such limitations. I do enjoy rules applied to my journey through life… Journey on, my lovelies!

a week or two in review…

I’ve been sick and/or snowed in a good bit the past month, so I have less photos of fabulous garments to share… Photos and stories of Snowmageddon V2 coming soon… Stay warm as you journey on, my lovelies!

the week in review

Winter brings layers and layers mix up all sorts of textures. I have been having some fun. Allow me to share: I have found myself looking for a reason to strap on a tie. It’s a good space for me; I’m glad I found it. Journey on, my lovelies!

picking out patterns

When a man has an entire room for a closet, at some point limits have to be set. With sixteen feet of hanging bar for shirts alone, only so many of them can be solid blue before I can no longer stand it. From this point on, any shirts have to be of such quality […]