Hello January Stories

January 7th, 2013
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Hello to a new month and a new year. Hello to finishing a great day of skiing. Hello to fresh stories.

Story is a sacred visualization, a way of echoing experiences.

– Terry Tempest Williams, American author and conservationist

 

What types of stories do you think we’ll uncover in this new year? I thought I’d take a little time each to pull together some creative ways for documenting your adventures. Here they are:

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A Dresser in the Bathroom

November 27th, 2012
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You know what people say: once you put something on the internet, it’s there forever. There’s no turning back now. I might as well just say it.

I just put my childhood dresser in our bathroom.

Our problem was multi-facited.

First we had my old dresser with no home. There wasn’t room in the bedroom for any more furniture, and we didn’t need another place to store clothes anyway. I didn’t really want to part with my dresser.

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Decorate for Autumn Without Buying “Stuff”

November 19th, 2012
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I feel like I’m finally back into my element now that we’re living in the airplane hangar. The place you call home really does impact your daily living. When I was getting groceries this weekend, I stopped to look at all of the winter squashes.

Then I went home and set up this on our dining table:

Some of the foods here are local. Some are not. But they all have one thing in common:

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