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It was bound to happen sooner or later. Our beautiful disaster. I give you the strom-pizza: The horror It started this morning with a cheery, “Let’s make pizza for lunch!” John looked dubious, but I was already measuring the flour. I had a funny feeling that I interpreted as, “I used the wrong yeast.” But…

After all the things I’ve made, making friends is still my favorite. My amazing son Samson took this photo of our sweet boy Jack

Sometimes life is busy. Sometimes deadlines are overwhelming. And you get a little lost in it all. You forget to look for the magic. And other days this happens: And when it does, you remember that life is abundance. You breathe in and see it’s one big circle. You breathe out and remember we’re all…

And all this time, the garden has been doing its thing. Gardening might be my favorite kind of magic because you do all the work up front. Then, one day, you go outside to enjoy the nice weather and surprise! You have veggies. It’s been raining a lot where we are, and the weather turned…

Welcome to the dark side of making things. These size 1 needles are so tiny. And what do I do with this stupid cable? And why does my work have a big bare string of yarn in it? I’ve watched 16 YouTube videos called “Getting Started with Magic Loop!” and it’s 11 pm and I…

This morning, the horses got out. Someone banged on the door and the dogs went crazy and I went and opened it and the lady told me the horses were out. Great. I pulled on my boots and ran down to the barn for lead ropes and cookies. That’s when I noticed the gate was…