Time to plant garlic again. I saved a few heads from this year's bunch and am now eyeing this new backyard. Where's the best place ...

A little frivolity, made for a little celebration involving a favorite kid of mine. I can't help but grin when looking at these smiling...

My first night in the little house. I just cleared enough sitting space on the couch, plugged in my laptop, and lit some candles and settled...

By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer. - Helen Hunt Jackson ...

Seen from the kitchen window at the new little house: a tree stump bearing blue blooms. I'd have a better shot but it was raining as I ...

That's life this week, a quiet blur. Long work week (47 hours) and moving - box by box, load by load... quietly loading, driving, unlo...

There's a little sale going on over at Brin . I mean, aprons may just be slashed by several, several dollars each in an effort to make...

I'm getting ready to plant fall lettuces. But... not where you'd suspect. I've found a little house. I'm moving in next wee...

Abby just alerted us to a new Toast catalogue. Couple that with the September issue of Anthropologie's rag and I'm done for. Dear...

Millie needed a soft, comfy place to lounge this fall and winter. She just did . So I found a beautiful rug in the new Pottery Barn catalog...

Apron shop is stocked , although many new pretties are in the works and planned between now and the holidays. Many . I'm having such fu...

It's not necessary to go far and wide. You can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown. - Daryl Hannah Looks lik...

So I guess we know which image from yesterday won, huh? Last time I looked, with almost 300 votes cast, the image of my sister walking thro...

Aprons! Today! Look for late summer and new Fall 2009 ones here at the shop around 4 PM CST. (Early birds may snag a few aprons that get pos...

I've been quietly working - for weeks - on a new shop. It's finally here. It's called, simply, Brin . I hope you like it. This...

A day of rest. I've needed one. After a dreadfully sad dream, I awoke to the decision to stay in my pajamas today, finish my scarflette,...

... You'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious— -the best, no...

I'm knitting a scarflette out of Italian wool the color of smoke. In my mind, sometime this autumn I'll wind it around my neck and ...

We're under a flash flood warning as spun-out hurricanes (turned storms) beat against our windows. My bed is fluffy and deep, though, so...

Make it your goal to live a quiet life.... -Bible, 1 Thessalonians 4:11 I'm all over that quiet life goal.... Wishing you a happy fa...