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In honor of my endlessly awesome sister's birthday closing out June and ushering in July, this month's playlist is nothing but badass...

Summer is inching ever nearer! The sun is coming out, and I put together a playlist that's built for grooving in the sunshine. Happy...

Somehow, LORD KNOWS HOW, it's suddenly June. We're already halfway through the year, and I'm just over here still trying to stop writing...

In true New York style, we've jumped right from winter to summer, and it's been somewhat sweltering. So this month's playlist is a mod...

Happy spring! It's been a pretty slow burner here in the Northeast, but you can almost feel the life returning to the plants and trees...

Even as an omnivore I never had any real love for eating beef. Hamburgers and meatballs were almost always dense and dry, and I could...

Okay, that sounds like a melodramatic, click-baity title, I know. But it's the truth, so I just decided to go with it. This spring marks...

This month's playlist is a total throwback! Fun and funky tunes from the '60s and '70s to getcha dancing no matter what March sends your...

It's been a while since I posted any progress on Borealis House, and people often ask me if I'm living in it yet. The short answer?...

One of my biggest passions is music, and I love discovering new stuff. But even with Spotify and Pandora and great radio stations, it can...

Happy February! I'm writing to you from Colorado, which has graced us with so many sunny and mild days that I feel as if I've jumped...

I rang in 2017 wandering around Bermuda with a group of delightful and adventurous friends. Nothing like New Year's Day spent bicycling...

Greetings, all! Time for an update regarding my snailesque progress on wee Borealis House. In terms of actual structure, I finished the...

I first drew up plans for Borealis House close to two years ago, in the autumn and winter of 2014. After the initial basic design...

Well, this week I've been laid up in bed with Lyme disease. In case you've never experienced this delight, let me sum it up for you: it's...

Hello, all! I've just returned from my second Bonnaroo and my first visit to Nashville, and my brain and heart are lingering in...

...is booze and dessert, obviously. This is my last post about what I made for Mother's Day this year (first and second here), and today...

Continuing on from my last post, I’ve got more recipes from this year’s Mother’s Day brunch! Today I’m doing the side dishes: asparagus...

This year was the first time I've made Mother's Day brunch on my own, since my sister was in Canada training for work. This meant it was...

To the untrained eye, my house hasn't reeeally changed since December. Little Borealis is still waiting for the rest of her trim and...

This day last week, I headed out to my work site to make sure wee Borealis House was doing okay in the snow. In other words, I was...