Makeup is to take time for myself. It is to experiment and try out new products as well as new faces. It is to take an hour or so and just doodle, not check off anything on the long to-do-list. It is to see oneself in a new light for a few hours. It is […]
The build has been so much lately. Suddenly there is a wave of decisions to make. For the floorplan and windows, for example, we got help from an architect. We changed some of his plans but it was still a safety to have his drawings. 🙂 Now a few aspects of the build are soon […]
2020 truly was a traumatic year. Now in the new year, a shift from one day to the next, my mind is buzzing and emotions move through my body. At times I find myself angry, frustrated and stressed, and unable to put my finger on where those feelings come from. Then I remember what happened […]
Time is weird. Age is too. I just realized today is my birthday. The number insinuates that I am old, but I do not feel old at all. Maybe my idea of time and age is incorrect. Maybe my expectations on what my years should have included differ from reality so much I do not […]
Not today. Not even this month. Pictures scheduled from the past into the future. From a day where I tried to give myself pause from the storm but undeniably was standing in its eye. Writing now, also from this present’s past. Has the storm passed yet? Is it over? I wonder, has it swept across […]
This pink sweater has been with me for 12 years. I bought it at a small vintage store and wore it often. At the time I paired it with a polo shirt in bright pink and green and let the collar peak at the neckline of the sweater. In my ears I had one pink […]
There are so many expressions that I adore and that I come back to again and again. Many times I feel guilty for letting one go for a while to be able to dive into the other. Writing is my first love, yet I don’t share the vast majority of what I write. This is […]
Those Safira earrings and a red lip made me feel so much better this day 😉