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Over the years, my husband and I have gathered more things than we truly need. Recently, like TODAY, it became clear: it’s time to let some of it go. Instead of donating, we called a friend who has just started reselling at a few flea market booths around town. She came by this afternoon, excited to see what speaks to her. She doesn’t craft, she curates. And I love watching her booths come alive with her ability to decorate a small space with forgotten things, that somehow hold all those stories of what once was. She’s really a rescuer. Where I see clutter, she seesRead More →

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Yesterday, I went for a hike and decided to stop at a bench to take a break.  I noticed an ant on the bench, and my first instinct was to flick it away. I can’t tell you how much I abhor ants. But for some reason, I stopped myself.  I thought to myself: “What if I were an alien, and was visiting Earth, and I came across a human?  Maybe I’m a huge alien, like so big that the human can’t really see me because of his limited perspective.   If a human annoyed me, would I just flick it away? Or would I understandRead More →

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I’m Feeling A Sense of Renewal. This morning, I chose to begin with light. I stepped outside to sit on my porch, letting the sun warm me for fifteen quiet minutes. While I was there, my eyes landed on the Morning Glory I wrote about yesterday. Its simple presence reminded me how powerful it can be to welcome the day with intention of letting the light set the tone for how I feel before anything else. Back inside, I made breakfast and had a moment of clarity. After looking up high-histamine foods, I realized I’d been overdoing it the past couple of week, so it’sRead More →

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When I’m wrestling with something, God rarely whispers. He speaks through the world around me, and today, it was the Morning Glory. Whenever I’m grappling with something, God usually uses my environment to grab my attention so that we can have a little sit down. So, the Morning Glory opens at dawn and closes at dusk…hmm…I’m sensing circadian rhythm is at play here. The Morning Glory is a spiraling vine. I use the spiral in my work as a jewelry designer all of the time. It’s personally meaningful to me, because I’ve noticed that the rhythm of my life is more of a spiral thanRead More →

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One of my favorite things to do is walk on a trail near my house while listening to a podcast. Today’s was a doozy. Today, I went for a 3-mile walk and was listening to Tetragrammaton, a podcast hosted by Rick Rubin. He was interviewing Bernard MacMahon, a filmmaker who made the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin that’s on Netflix right now. I’m going to admit something here, that I find bizarre and somewhat embarrassing –but I discovered the genius of Led Zeppelin about 10 years ago.  How is it possible that even though I’d heard Led Zeppelin on the radio many times as a kid,Read More →

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Asking a question is a skill that creates space for exploring, understanding, and reflecting on the true nature of something. Once digested, there is energy for movement. Something that I’ve noticed recently is that the art of the question is becoming something of a lost art…simply because we’ve become so used to asking our questions not so much to other humans, but to our computers. What I’m talking about is about how we communicate with each other, in person, not on a screen with emails or texts. So much is lost in translation when we just use words. Tone of voice, body language and contextRead More →

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I”m excited to go back to work tomorrow morning. Who says that after a vacation? I do. I love my work! I’ve already got an order after opening up my shop yesterday, and I’m so grateful I’m still making jewelry that people enjoy wearing after 20 years. I’m ready to get back to experimenting with porcelain jewelry, and I have some new glazes that arrived while I was in Colorado to try and see how they fire. I took a few pictures while in Colorado that I want to try and paint into Christmas cards, and I’m hoping to sit down at my painting deskRead More →