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Tiny Trek – La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
Daily walks on my sisters favorite park path during her final weeks gave me the space to think, cry and wonder what this life will feel like without her spunky voicemails that always began with, “Hey sis, this is your sister.” Which make me smile because I know this voice by heart. I booked a […]
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Tiny House Office Space
I am learning the intricacies of this small footprint experiment, testing my design choices daily and if my thinking was correct. Some design elements are working perfectly, others could use improvement. One item that immediately became cumbersome was the very popular $199 IKEA Norden gateleg table. This table is a popular choice in tiny houses […]
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Stillness
The blog has been quiet, but life has not. The final push to rid my mind and my world of excess and get moved into the little house took great effort and exhausted my reserves last fall. The “trek to tiny” also had a backstory that took center stage as I closed out 2018. There […]
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Stepping Off The Cliff
I stand at the edge of the cornice; the fog is thick so I am not entirely sure where the edge is. My two friends are on either side of me and we are all tentatively waiting for one of us to jump off the fragile lip into the unknown steep, snowy terrain below. Suddenly […]
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Storage Wars
My days have gone into hyper-drive and are pressing me to accomplish goals because long anticipated deadlines are in view. The youngest graduated high school with high honors, family visited, there was a delightful home stay from my daughter who has been living in New Zealand and has now relocated to Colorado, and my house […]
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Tiny Spaces, Big Places
As my son so aptly stated, “There is no bad weather, just bad clothing.” We came to the Olympic Penninsula prepared for any kind of weather but were surprised by the vast beauty that would surround us for the next week. I am slightly obsessed with small spaces so we would be exploring the area […]
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The Darkness and the Light
It’s a beautiful world, one filled with wonder and inspiration. And then there is the darkness, because there can never be light without the dark. My small-town community is a profound juxtaposition of the dark and the light. Every time I leave the house beauty surrounds me. Snow kissed mountains, deep fresh water lakes and […]
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Granny’s Glassware
Don’t let the cupboards overflowing with beautiful china and glassware give the wrong impression, we are far from delicate here in North Idaho. You have to love the four seasons to make this home. Especially the deep, white, wind-blown, freezing landscape that arrived this Presidents Day long weekend. I was on a roll with the […]
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Off Grid
Since closing the tiny house front door, I’ve gone off-grid for a bit. It seemed as though every creative juice I possessed had been sucked through a straw with a crack in it. I was elated to be closed in and suddenly really pretty tired. Time for a rest. This time of year for me […]
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Breathe
As I shoveled the snow off my front walk, it seemed to me that I had just done this very task not so long ago. Overnight the summer became a distant blur of sunshine, long days, and smokey skies with power tools the constant soundtrack playing in the background. Even though the trees still bear witness […]
The Trek to Tiny 