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 …
nuggets: bits of the season in photos and words I'm scrambling to get it all together, making decisive omissions from my to do list. Put laundry away? Nah, that can be shoved in the closet. Shower? A …
