Spring Break

scenes from the morning

Yesterday I promised my 5 year old we'd set up a tent on our back deck and then somehow got wrangled into spending the whole night out there with him. The last time I slept in that tiny two person tent was almost 6 years ago on an island in Maine. I was pregnant with him and didn't know it. We've since moved up to a bigger tent, but it was fun to reflect on the time that had passed and on how our family had grown since that adventure. 

scenes from the morning

This morning I crawled out of the tent and back into my own bed at 7am and my husband brought me some coffee. The boys watched cartoons and I finally got out of bed to snap some pictures and make something to eat which made the house smell like bacon.

mismatched jammies

My kiddos have been on spring break this past week and it's been great to hang out with them both and just take time to relax. While I still worked quite a bit, I didn't get a podcast released for today. I'll be back at it next week. ​

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

flowers and candles still out from Easter

This Land is Your Land

Do you live in the US? Did you know that you own land in the wilderness? It’s true, we all do.

Because it’s public land. We are free to go and enjoy and bask in it’s beauty and peacefulness. But recently, special interest groups have been lobbying for state takeover (in 11 states) of public land which means it can be auctioned off and privatized. I'm guessing it probably won't be sold to kind hearted, outdoor loving folks. The highest bidders will likely be using it for drilling, mining and logging.

I love living in the west. I’ve been fortunate to camp in the beauty of the Sierras, hike in Oregon, live next to a creek at 9,000 feet in Colorado for a year and more. It pains me to think that those opportunities might not be there for my children and their children.

The face of a wilderness lover. 

I signed a petition to tell our elected officials to keep public lands public, and I hope you will too! 

More Than Scientists

I love stories. It's so much more powerful to hear someone's story than just statistics and reports. That's why I think that the More Than Scientists project is great. It shows that the people researching climate change have a passion for it and it relates to their own personal story.

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027: Back to School with Interior Designer Tawna Allred

We're revisiting the topic of going back to school today and I’m talking with interior designer Tawna Allred. She talked about going back to school and starting a career in interior design, even though she lives “in the middle of nowhere”. We talked about what her career might look like without it, challenges and joys of going back to school and more.

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Show Notes:

.journey from the middle of nowhere to being a designer
.what scared her away from interior design at first
.taking courses in interior design online
.design camp and what she learned
.go into business for yourself or work for someone else first?
.do you need a degree?
.her business focus

Mentioned:

Penn Foster
New York Institute of Art and Design
Tobi Fairly
Design Camp
Traci Zeller