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

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 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

A few days of heavy rain last week and we finally found ourselves needing to turn on the space heater in our room at night. The cold has persisted and we've switched out the sheets on our bed for a

The days are dark and cold. Often, I wrap myself up in leggings, cardigans, thick socks, and fuzzy blankets. The older I get, the more the changing of seasons seems to affect my anxiety. It's something I'm learning to

Even though I deal with anxiety, and I love crocheting, I'm not someone who finds working on a project therapeutic or relaxing. But so far I'm really enjoying building up this skirt of tiny stitches in fingering weight yarn. Maybe

For about the past month, my husband and I have had plans to get various home and yard work done on the weekend, but for several weekends it rained after a sunny week, and this weekend our son has had

When I was younger, being in your thirties didn't seem old to me. I remember reading a book where a thirty-something character said it was more about your mentality, and that made sense to me. But here I am at