Nuggets: bits of the season in photos and words We've tripped and landed in summer. Really, what it is about May? It seems that we all try to cram a bunch into those last weeks before …
Amanda gave me a sourdough mother a little over a year ago and I was immediately spellbound by the fermented magic. The mother came with a great story too: started in Bethel, Alaska during the …
Andy and I are both now in our fifth decade! We're still trying to sort out that big trip -- we grabbed some crazy cheap tickets ($470 from Missoula!) to Italy (!) only to discover …
She needs new running shoes. She’s growing like a weed and likes it when I say that. She skips across the parking lot, the low winter sun casting a long shadow, an exclamation point to …
For one month every year my kids' ages are one year apart. It's when (if) I make our holiday card so I write "Andy, Nici, Margot (9) and Ruby (8)" and I pause in wonderment …
I haven't shared much from the DIG + CO. land with you all lately. I've been a busy elf. Imagine fabric scraps flying through the air like confetti as I snip and stitch and occasionally …
Our cat died. George, the healthy six year old. Not Sam, the 19 year old who has been sick for two years. It was surprising and gut-twistingly terrible. It was our first experience euthanizing a …
Sure, sometimes they wish I'd just buy the Halloween costume but in their guts they know they have a mama who loves to make things for them and in their guts they appreciate the work, …
A Letter to the Editor, published in the Missoulian a few weeks ago: A summer of raging Montana wildfires has us thinking about the air we breathe. But more than that: Think air quality monitoring, oil …
Hey! Hi. It's been a while. Truth is I'm nervous every time I publish anything, but especially when it's been a while. No matter how many times I make things or write things...and share them, …
What do you love about camping? Margot: Getting to go wherever we want. Like, when we know a place really well so we know the cool spots to check out and you and dad let us go …
We hunkered down at home for the long weekend. Herds of wet, hungry kids passing through our kitchen every 30 minutes, at least 429 weeds pulled, 4 rows of beet seeds sown, 8 sunscreen applications, clothes drying on the …
