Last week, a little package wended its way to my mailbox*, which included Rebecca Proctor’s Recycled Home. The sturdy kraft paper volume reminds me of a grown-up version of the kid’s craft books I pored…
Yesterday was one of those blustery days that requires a little more than the usual sweatshirt to feel cozy. Mid-morning, we turned on the oven to bake apples and to keep the chill out.…
five little things that made my week. 1. mulling spices and apple peels. {for good smells}. 2. this hair elastic. {because a friend gave it to me over the weekend. kinda like these. love}.…
This time of year has me wanting for little adventures. Dreary days spent cooped up writing in my apartment have me itching to be out in the woods instead. I’d happily withstand a few…
I received this note, last week. A bedroom dilemma: Hi Erin! I’ve lived in my tiny, 300 square foot studio for about a year and a half. It’s my first time living on my own…
Tip #33: Leave the dirt somewhere else. Here’s the thing with tiny apartment tips: most of them are the same tips you need for life in roomier apartments, the impact just gets magnified by…
there is a chill in the air but there are still so many tomatoes and you can’t let tomatoes go to waste and so you make sauce. you do not take the skins off,…
I’m having one of those contemplative mornings, when even a slice of buttery toast feels like something worthy of a ponder. I spent the weekend away in a different city and something about the…
five little things that made my week. 1. these bracelets. {i’ve been wearing them together all week. and i like it that way}. 2. this ivy. {my super pulled it down from the building.…
Giving a care package has to be almost as nice as receiving one–carefully selecting just the right combination of goodies that you know will brighten someone else’s day. It’s a bit Pollyanna-ish, I know,…