On Ordinary Things

While it's not a hilarious review like Dave Barry likes to write at the end of each year, I break my year down month-by-month and remember the highlights.

My Perfect Morning Routine ™ I am not a morning person. I have three things that make my mornings work: take a shower and get dressed, morning pages, and syncing my Passion Planner with my Google Calendar.

While it's not a hilarious review like Dave Barry likes to write at the end of each year, I break my year down month-by-month and remember the highlights.

The ways to embrace coziness are simple. Soft fabrics, fluffy blankets, dim lighting, candles, fireplace, warm tea, books, soft music, a warmth of spirit, and no electronics. Use this season to connect with yourself, with loved ones, and embrace the darkness.

Art is not the individual objects that I make in my studio, but it is the whole of life. I cannot remove myself from being an artist at home, neither do I cease being a mom when I am working in clay. How do I infuse a little bit of art and meaning in to my every life? How do I make my studio life a bit cozier? What are ways that I merge my different vocations into one person, one life?

put on my kitchen apron. My aprons keep my clothes cleaner, certainly, but they are important for managing that mental shift I make everyday from working artist to working mother.