I'm embracing these days as they shorten, darken in anticipation of the winter solstice and the certain, subsequent lengthening, brightening. I find such comfort and joy in these predictable earthly rhythms that encourage human ritual. Nature …
Rainbow Friday is a shiny, happy event that celebrates small business and adds color to your holiday shopping! Each of the businesses below crafts and creates and curates. We hope you, our neighbors, value our goods. And, when choosing how you spend your …
Every night when we go to bed, we carry our kids to their beds from ours, where they always fall asleep just after reading books. We know they will fall back into our bed with us …
hump day nuggets: bits of the season in photos and words Every year, as the leaves ignite into bejeweled, brittle, temporary bits, our family joins friends beside a navy blue river. I've written about this October venture …
I stand in the kitchen, tired, noticing I forgot to brush my furry teeth the night before. "Girls! It's time to start our day!" I shout down the short hall to their sleepy bunk beds. …
Ten years ago today I married Andy in the pouring rain. As a teenager I would imagine my adult self. She would dive into a series of passionate relationships, having her heart broken easily and often. It would …
Wildfire smoke suffocated the last days of August. Our valley an endless, disorienting, gray haze that hid the mountains and the sun. We woke in the mornings with sore throats and headaches. Ash rained from the …
We've been living well this summer. Lots of camping, swimming, playing. Being, breathing outside. I often say that I am at my best when in nature and it's true. I believe it for my kids …
I mean to get up at 5:30. To go for a run and get some work done before the kids woke. But I keep re-closing my eyelids until 6:40 and then I have 23 minutes …
When driving up to Flathead Lake last weekend, Margot said, I am totally, full-only so excited for this weekend. (pronounced like full on lee) And, just like that, full-only is my new favorite descriptor of commitment. The Full …
It's summer. I don't recall a time when temperatures were 104 degrees in June, when fishing was halted for the season, campfires so cautionary, the creek's water feels like August. Tomatoes reaching to hold garlic's twisted …
Mama, what do you believe in? The question fires from the backseat as I steer our car down the hill to town. I believe in love and kindness and honesty. I believe my perspective and approach creates …
