A Different View of California

What do you think of when you think of California? From my conversations with people when I'm traveling, or people who end up here one way or another, I've heard a few typical perceptions of California. The top five impressions of California that people think of (in my experience) are: 1) Los Angeles 2) San...

Let Your Faith Be Bigger Than Your Fear

Pinterest is great for a lot of things. For cooking and crafts. For redecorating and dreaming about clothes and shiny things.  For planning trips and picking up tips. For inspiration, motivation, and that extra push to get out and mist yourself with perspiration.   It's either a time-suck or a great way to pass one's waking hours,...

Proud to be a Nerd

I'm the smart quiet girl in the back of the room whose voice only carries to the person next to me unless I really want to be heard. I'm the bookworm with a head full of knowledge and a heart full of dreams. I'm a cat owner who wakes up to the sound of purring...

Become an Expert about What Breaks Your Heart

The past couple of days have held some pretty intense moments for me. I've sat through a training and two presentations about sexual trafficking in our world today. It's a subject that tends to dampen the mood in a room, but it's a conversation that I earnestly believe is worth discussing. I first heard about...

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When My Girls Come Home for the Holidays

One of the most bizarre experiences this holiday season for me was the part where instead of flying of driving home, I find myself here already. This year, instead of packing up my suitcase for a couple of weeks at home, I instead have packed my suitcase for multiple back-and-forth trips between my house, and...

Life in Christmas Ornaments

December has arrived and with it, our plastic tree has come together from its separate pieces into something that looks like the real ones that I left behind in Washington last year. This year I got to set up the tree with my kitty and my mom, and in the process, I got to reflect...

Crafting Again

I can't believe it's been so long since I crafted. I also can't believe I figured out a use for my pictures from snowmaggedon last year in Washington. Two for one? Not a bad deal. The next batch of photos, waiting to be printed and played with. 

Fast Fading Fall

Fall is quickly disappearing and temperatures are sliding towards freezing. Obviously many places in the country have already embraced chilly nights and I know I can't complain about our 60 degree days. The trees here are finally losing their leaves weeks after other parts of the country have already shed all theirs. Sunsets are earlier,...

Winter Inspired Christmas Photo Cards

My creativity tends to reveal itself in different ways at different times. Sometimes it shows up in the kitchen, sometimes it shows up in my writing, and sometimes it shows up in my crafting. Those of you who have been around for a while will know that my primary crafting medium is paper. If you...