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 […]

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, […]