ditching the pretend-perfect & embracing the chaos

last year I took a break from being online Initially, it wasn’t intentional. The Boy and I started our gut rehab program in early January (all I can say is that gut die-off can be brutal), so my energy was focused elsewhere. Truth be told, though, I’d been...
2017: ending my year intentionally

2017: ending my year intentionally

I’ve never been one to set New Year’s resolutions – the reality of me is that I’ll last about 2 weeks before life gets in the way and I think to myself “I’ll keep going with that next week…. there’s always next...
taking stock #14

taking stock #14

so, life got away from me…. Taking stock is a month late. In between appointments with the Boy and getting the Girl moved into her new place, the truth is that I simply forgot all about it (even though I have a blog post calendar and ‘taking stock’...
leaving home: part 2

leaving home: part 2

It seems like only yesterday that we were farewelling the Beautiful Girl on her first big adventure. Since then she’s governessed, traipsed through Europe, lain on beaches in Fiji and slung beer and coffees to earn a living. We all knew that it was really only a...

useful online editing tools – canva photo editor

I’ve been using Canva since it’s invitation-only beta launch in 2013, and love the simplicity of its ready-to-use templates, which makes for drag-and-drop design software that is easy to use (and free!).  What I didn’t know though was that Canva also...

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