This is a little outside of my typical wheelhouse, as this blog is more about crafts, DIY, and occasional travel post than it is about scrapbooking and genealogy research. But I love old photographs and I am excited to share a new way I discovered to more meaningfully organize mine. Initially, I discovered this application…
Graduate school is an odd season of life. While many work full time during graduate studies, often others, like me, discover their graduate program isn’t a good complement to a standard full-time job and, like me, seek alternate ways to maintain an income while working towards the next career goal. For me, during even the…
It’s a little bit of a vulnerable thing to throw yourself a birthday party. I turned 36 this year, and with my birthday arriving at the end of a year that held both significant loss and much growth, I was ready to celebrate big. Most years insecurity has kept my celebrations and my invite list…
In 2015 I took the plunge, downsizing my life to adapt to a new adventure. As I began the process of selling my business in early 2014, I began preparing for the life transition the change would bring. 2015 dawned with me living in a 3,000 square foot home with 2 garages, a workshop,…
In 2012 Brad and I visited Ireland. After spending 2 days of our 2 week tripe in Dublin, we headed out of the city to explore more of Ireland’s natural beauty and smaller communities. Since our visit was in early March and we were concerned about weather, we rented a car and drove along the…
Confession: when Anthropologie’s Jersey Cotton Rosette Quilt blew up on Pinterest I was all over it. After weeks of hemming and hawing and a lot of wasted time scouring the internet in an attempt to find a better price, I took the plunge and ordered the heather grey Rosette Quilt. FYI: In that research I…
[I originally wrote this article in the the summer of 2011, following the EF5 tornado that claimed 160 lives and 8,000 homes in Joplin MO. I’d used my professional experience in inventory management and distribution to help set up and manage the aid distribution for a relief center/shelter in Joplin and wanted to make note…
As blog followers know, I sold my small business in 2015 and moved to Seattle for grad school. I rented rooms for my first term, then fell in love with the tiny, tiny apartments in an old, old apartment building near downtown, despite the fact that my first google of the apartment name returned this…
Lately I am enjoying more photography and appreciation of small delights around Hawk Hill. In this spring “Favorite Things” posts I got herb bouquets, art, and kittens. I’ve been trying to be more intentional about appreciating less glamorous things as beautiful- enter these sage blossoms and fennel fronds. Hardly standouts in the garden, they made…
This post updated: Yes! The front door of Hawk Hill is lime green! This is a new blog about life on a farm in Joplin, MO. On December 1, 2010 I bought my first home, 3 acres just off the main road in Joplin, MO. 6 months later the Joplin Tornado struck. The 80 year…
