A Crunchy Life

After the new bandana fail I wrote about earlier this week my old one has been sitting near my desk, tickling the edge of my awareness. I needed to take care  of it, decide if it was going to become a rag or simply get thrown out.  I didn’t want either of those options for [...]

Who knew that weeding could be such fun? Or scratching your back in the grass so delightful? There was a bit of fun mixed in with the work that finally got done, clearing out our garden beds and readying them for the growing season ahead. There was so much old growth & leaves in the [...]

That was me exhaling after a big goal and deadline have passed.  It was me, settling into another new “normal” routine.  It was me, finally finding a rhythm that suits me again.  So despite the fact that I could be telling you all about Mayday Underground or the wonderful unplugged time my family & I [...]

It’s inevitable, we’ll be in some big box home improvement store for some project or other and we walk past the paint department (heck, sometimes we’re going to it!).  Immediately upon the rainbow-like displays coming into view I hear one or two voices pipe out, “Can I get some paint colors, can I get some [...]

He DID it! One hundred days of riding to work this year, despite being hit on the 2nd day of school and having his bike totaled, despite living in upstate NY with snow & freezing temperatures (yes, he DID ride during the winter!), despite having another injury days before reaching his goal, L1 is my [...]

We have glass jars coming out the wazoo. It’s true! The peanut butter we eat comes in glass jars which are not just perfect for storing the aforementioned peanut-y goodness, but so many other things. You can find them in my sewing area holding things like zippers and velcro, in our art cabinet holding pencils, [...]

This foxglove growing out of my front step should not be. It belong about 10 feet to the northeast, in the flower bed with the other lovely foxgloves and other perennials I have planted there. But one day last week I walked out the front door to find it blooming. I had been watching something [...]

I’m not sure how many times I’ve written about my feet (examples here, & here, & here). You know when people ask you what you like about your body? I would definitely respond with my feet (along with my hair, you know, because I’m so vain!) I love all that my feet do for me [...]

A random photo of my love–snowboarding last winter. Just a little post to say how proud I am of L1. Today marks him reaching the first quarter of his riding goal for the year, a little over two months after his accident. I am amazed at his resiliency and determination.  His body is *mostly* healed, [...]

There is no better way for me to express how much I love those in my life than with my time and my hands.  And so another season of handmade holiday gifting begins with a shelf lined with yarn (though not all gifts for others, *ahem*). There always seems to be a project I’ve fallen [...]