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Green beans are one of my quietest teachers.

Pretty much every year for the past ten years, I have grown them. The simple act of picking them reminds me just because I cannot see them doesn’t mean they aren't there.

I can pick the green beans, leave with a handful, go back out in a few minutes, and find more.

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Whatever you look for, you will find. This I know for sure.

And I have been on a beauty hunt these past five surreal months.

I watch the creativity of our new normal unfold.

Birthdays seem more precious as we celebrate them from afar.

Cookies left on doorsteps.

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Hey loves...picking up over here with a blog post I wrote mid summer 2019 but did not publish it.

Funny how it applies to right now, our life in a pandemic.  At the time, Mike and I were staying in my little studio, working on our 1860's row home.  I was in the middle of recovering from a concussion. 

What stays with me as I re-read this is that I was aware, that as crazy as it all seemed, these would be sweet times looking back on it.  There was a lovely simplicity with living with so much less. We ... Read more →

It has truly been a year of transition over here.

We sold a house full of history and stories that spanned 15 years. We sold or gave away most of what we owned.  We packed up everything that had meaning and rented a four story apartment with plaster walls and porches on porches that overlooked the canal and we settled in. We are on a new adventure.

This past January I took another leap and licensed my card line to a much bigger company that is empowered by women, Read more →

When we sold our house last spring, we moved 25 minutes down the river, across a bridge and into another state. Yet being in Lambertville, New Jersey has felt like a world away.

I cannot tell if it is the move itself or the act of change that has created such a shift in me.

We moved from the suburbs into a small city. Front porches matter here.

Most homes have a sign out front that... Read more →