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I’m ready to get away. Planned, or not at all, I’m ready to grab my get-away kit (picnic kit, almost-but-not-quite-camping-kit, whatever you’d like to call it), throw my weekender in the car, and hit the road.

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Simple Living | On Thrifting

A stack of Picardie tumblers. A Bormioli Rocco carafe. Pewter salt & pepper shakers. Clamp-lid jars. A cribbage set. A cot. A wooden bangle bracelet. A shell necklace. Bright yellow Hunter boots. There’s something about finding treasure in the heap.

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July's Letter

I woke up on the sofa, the morning light slowly gathering through the windows, the sound of the creek, of birdsong, of another day spilling in.

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Waving, Waving

Loves! I’m waving from here as I gather my bags to depart for more multi-day, multi-stop travel across Montana

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On An Ordinary Weekday

At the bend in the creek, the naked dirt bank reached high and steep, topped by a tall fence. Unprotected and vulnerable, the bank’s soft earth was no match for spring’s mad water.

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Before It's Gone

It snowed again last night, but aside from sweeping the porch, I’m not going to do a single thing about it. Because I blinked and it’s past eleven o’clock already, and I just know: this is going to be a where-did-the-day-go day.

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Small Ways | Forcing Hyacinth

Quite simply, it’s hyacinth and grape hyacinth bulbs, jumbled together and forced to life in a tray of watery pebbles. Quite remarkably, it’s an experience that’s changed my life.

Small Ways | Kitchen Drawers

There’s a bank of drawers in the kitchen. Four drawers to keep the flow flowing and the working kitchen working.

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Simple Living | Kitchen Composting

It’s near noon on a weekday and I’m in the kitchen making a salad lunch. Tumbled together in the bowl are locally grown greenhouse lettuces, sprouts, a shave of red onion

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