*Ok. Magic had nothing to do with it. Nor the miracle of Nature. My husband and I started feeling a little too comfortable with what we had on our plates and decided we were ready for the next element: more ducks! This is a bit of a character quirk for us: we rarely slow down or take it easy. When we’ve gotten cozy with one step (like moving in together or acclimating to a new job), we throw another log…
You may have noticed that the last installment of this blog didn’t post. No, it wasn’t a technological glitch. More like a situational necessity as we dealt with some drama at home. Out of the blue, a little over two weeks ago, our beloved dog, Sadie, got violently ill. We still don’t know what caused it, but she was sick for 4 days and wouldn’t eat and barely drank… it was a nightmare. She’s just 2 1/2 years old and…
And just like that, I’m pulled back in. When I first started writing this blog, it was with the hope that I could examine my relationship with my art- as opposed to my relationship with my career. Because they often felt like two different things. To be honest, this is a question I’ve been chewing on for many, many years. Nothing new. But in moving up here; in finding a new purpose and new ways to express my creativity, I…
I woke up today to the sound of heavy furniture being moved through the house. Turns out it was NOT actually my husband doing some redecorating after all, but a massive rain shower that turned to a thunder storm and then… hail. We’ve had beautiful, mild weather the past week or so, and had decreased our garden watering to every other day. The plants seemed happy (other than the peach tree, which I’ll get to in a moment), and so…
Call me crazy, but I enjoy Mondays. It started during Covid, when I craved the comfort of a simple routine. Mondays are now the start of another week of goals, whether that’s finally getting the plumber to come check out that funky smell outside our kitchen, or to research how to plant potatoes (am I too late?), or to find a family doctor in our new area. Mondays also happen to be when I water all the house plants. Of…
I’m sitting down to write this on a glorious sunny morning; the fifth in a row of its kind. I’m itching to get outside to tame more of the property, but structure is important to me. And while this routine of bi-monthly blog posts was made and could be broken by me, I know that sticking to routine is good for my mental health. I’m sure many of you out there developed your own routines during the pandemic that helped…
If you noticed today’s post is a couple days late, then you’re right! But I have a great excuse, I swear. On Monday (when I was scheduled to share the latest updates with you), I had my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Knowing how the first round had sort of knocked me out, my mother graciously agreed to come “escort” me to the second. It turned out I managed much better than I’d thought, so we spent the afternoon…
(*My husband is definitely rolling his eye while reading that. But what can I say? I’m a sucker for Dad jokes.) Without a doubt, the biggest update I have is that I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine! Do any other vaccinated people feel like they experienced a piece of history? Though I guess we’ve all lived through historical times of late. My vaccine appointment was about 90 minutes away through beautiful farm country, so I got to…
You may notice that today’s post is a little late. Yes, I laid out this schedule myself but I like to be consistent. The reason I didn’t have this ready to publish first thing this morning is that I’ve had a hard time sitting still long enough to write. After the year plus of Covid confinement and a very long and grey winter, I have wanted to drink in every new sign of spring and get my hands in the…
Without a doubt, the biggest update I have for you is…we closed on our house! Now, if you’re confused I don’t blame you. Haven’t we uprooted from Brooklyn and left our apartment far behind? Haven’t we been living in this house for 3 months? Haven’t we painted, furnished, and claimed it? Yes, yes, and yes. This was all done with a degree of risk, as we hadn’t actually closed on the house. To tell you the truth, I hadn’t been…