Temperatures plunged into the twenties last night, officially ending the growing season around here. Ruby and I ran though clouds of our own frosty breath to collect hundreds of green tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers. The …
Well shit, things are heavy in the world right now. I woke up in the middle of the night last night imagining things I'd rather not imagine. Things I've read about this summer. You know the …
Two years ago my daughters wrote a letter to a potential fairy and left it out on the deck. She wrote back. Her name is Lavender Fawn. The girls stitched up beds from fabric scraps and …
Ah May! You've zipped right by. I caught you by the tail just as you were walking out the door. Full of company, rain, baby chicks, green grass, soccer games, raging creeks. The arrival of …
Andy and I woke at the same moment. 4:17am, the glowing moon washing our room with ghost-blue light. We don't have curtains and every full moon, it seems our space is washed by celestial illumination. …
Andy’s alarm goes off for a full minute. It takes him a while to reach his phone to turn off the chirping because he threw his back out. He moves slowly, forcing inhales through the …
**We had originally planned a 3 day gathering but received valuable feedback suggesting people didn't have enough time to plan for a big, expensive trip. This is our first time doing this and we greatly appreciate …
Spontaneous adventures are my jam. The kind that are casually planned over a post-ski beer and then happen the following day. I am enlivened when I'm "unprepared" -- when I get to dance about in …
I missed last year! And the year before! Both drafts are immortalized as drafts. Things happen that way and I've found - as I age - it is often best to give in than to muscle …
I received an email a little over a month ago. The subject line read: Being an Artist vs. Being Materialistic. Hi Nici! My name is Sarah Brousseau, I'm a fellow creator, writing you from Baltimore, MD. I read your blog …
I looked through my photos to find an image for a friend a few mornings ago and saw all the folders of photos and words I have that I had intended to document or turn into something …
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 …
