Crockpot: the great productivity equalizer
It’s official. I’m back in school mode (or at least desperately trying to be). I’ve been sick for the last week, a weird mix of symptoms that seems to change everyday. Every morning there’s a new surprise – mostly fairly unpleasant, really. Is it an ear infection? Strep? Common, lingering cold? I don’t know. And […]
Quietly thrilling
“It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.” – Bill Bryson, At Home I’ve been reading At Home for quite a while now. I’m actually really liking it – how things have found their way into our homes is […]
Chair smugness
An image from my living room, taken a while ago (some things have changed. the chair remains the same.): The “Vintage Wood Office Chair” from Restoration Hardware: $495. Shipping starting at $95. Cost of my chair? Nada. Given to me. And I like mine more. I can’t express how happy these kinds of things make […]
When things get crazy and you need to slow down…
…I highly recommend reorganizing a bookshelf or two. It’s funny that my last couple of posts were about having a homebody weekend, things being crazy, because they’ve only become so much more so. In some strange way, that weekend was less about rejuvenation as it was about gearing up for the next challenge, as it […]
Happy homebody weekend
Things have been crazy hectic for a while now – lots of thoughtless multitasking and then wondering why I’m standing in front of the open fridge, staring into the abyss. Things are still in boxes around the house from the roommate changeup; the art still hasn’t made it back onto the wall. Shelves are either […]
30 Days of Creativity: Day 14
I never took woodshop – wasn’t offered at my middle school, didn’t seem like straight track to college/one more honors course in high school. My parents’ tools pretty much fit in a toolbox, with a saw hanging on the wall for cutting down a Christmas tree. We are not handy. I know that some of […]
Spring Colors Week: Day 5 {white}
At first glance, white does not seem like a spring color. It seems to belong to spring’s predecessor, no question. But white really is the color of spring cleaning. I’ve come to realize in recent years that, for the home, I do not like beige – I like the crisp, clean modernity of white. It’s […]
Spring cleaning playlist
Are you getting the spring cleaning bug yet this year? I haven’t had much time for the actual cleaning I never seem to get around to, but I’ve been going through my belongings and clothes, adding more all the time to the garage sale bin. As I plot my next step, it’s nice to feel […]
The January list (an ongoing project)
Like so many people, I was feeling good vibes from the whole 2011 thing. Feeling like this year, I’m going to focus on doing a lot of the things I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. Like this is a year for change. To feel challenged. To pay more attention to how and […]
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a 
