a favorite cup of tea
A favorite cup of tea can make a morning. My go-to is a home-brew version of a London Fog. I’m not a big breakfast person, but I have reactive hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), so eating something after waking up is
keeping warm 2023 no 1: hanging twinkle lights for warmth
hanging twinkle lights I finally had a day last week where the early dark evening was really bringing me down, so up the twinkle lights went. I currently have a string of 60 feet of twinkle LED lights that we had around
keeping warm this year
(Originally written on November 3rd, 2023.) The weather has already started to dip into wintery chill, and next week the time will change and our evenings will be exponentially dark. I’ve already felt the weight of the seasonal change and my
waters wears: notes on refining personal style and a quick date night ootd
Even in the everyday, goings-about of our lives, putting together an outfit can be an artistic exercise, an art form. The outfit doesn’t have to be ”out-there” or particularly bold to count as art (though it can be if that’s
recent illustration: honing a personal style
Last October, I participated in #peachtober 2021. I decided not to limit the illustrations to a “same” style because I wanted it to feel low-pressure. This gave me freedom to be inspired only by each day’s prompt and to go
autumn hides at the end of summer + a new autumn surface design collection
The evenings feel like they should be cold, the dark settling in around us. The house seems suddenly cooler in the evening, and I throw a cardigan around my shoulders and switch out shorts for sweatpants. The cool calls me
Songwriting and Surgery Recovery
Songwriting and singing have been things that I love but have put aside. They have been sitting in the back of my head, gently, persistently calling year after year. I spent a lot of my writing time as a child creating
A Few Things at 31
I am 31 years old today. (March 23rd, 2021). It feels weird to be here because, like, not in a cliche' way - where has the time gone? I think so many life changes (many very good!) happened in my
A List of Things | keeping warm no. 5
A List of Things - keeping warm no. 5 The days are getting longer and lighter here, and it feels like a breath being released. My non-crochet related wrist and elbow injury has gotten worse. On Friday, I had a
2020 Year In Review: Favorite Projects and Posts
2020 Year In Review: Favorite Projects and Posts! Just a little disclaimer here that this is a blog only wrap-up. There might be a post or two related to Covid-19 and of course this year was a, um, doozy, shall we