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  • be

    The wisdom of April + 7 years of blogging

    Happy April, lovely soul! I sure do hope you’re having a long weekend however you want + need it to be. For me, I’m taking it very, very slow. Celebrating just being here. And…

    2 Apr 2018
  • lists

    10 questions + 10 answers (and then 10 for you!)

    I’m thinking it’s time for a fun questions and answers post, because we all love a post with lists. And we all love learning random things about others. Plus, this one creates community and…

    27 Oct 2017
  • culture

    The real meaning of Independence Day

    HAPPY 4th OF JULY, USA! ?? For all of us who are Americans, all around the world, we’re celebrating and remembering our Independence Day. And while I am (surprisingly) in the mood to celebrate everything…

    4 Jul 2017
  • liz+lina podcast

    liz+lina: the podcast

    while lina + i were in the states this summer, we were asked to be guests on a local podcast in asheville. it was super fun and we suddenly, immediately, decided that it was…

    26 Aug 2016
  • culture north carolina

    the love of thousands

    remember how i said on monday that i was focusing on the value + emphasis that native americans put on families? well, i truly have been thinking about family a lot this week –…

    13 Nov 2014
  • be meditation

    40 days in a cathedral: week 3

    i did it, friends. i made it to the cathedral/basilica every day this week. being committed and following through is such a powerful feeling. there were no major personal revelations or anything, but it…

    23 Mar 2014
  • photography

    #bllphotoaday.

    you know how i have been doing photo a day challenges for over a year now? well, i have and i love it. i love it so much that i began to make my…

    29 May 2013
  • be in the wild

    get in touch with your soul.

    i saw part of an old episode of oprah the other day. she had a woman, a brain scientist, on talking about strokes. the woman had written a book, my stroke of insight, about her…

    23 May 2013
  • in the wild photography

    31 days for me.

    i was sitting on the train this evening,  headed back home, staring out the window and listening to music. my love was sitting across from me. i felt calm and at peace. i was…

    1 May 2013
  • culture

    there has to be something we can do.

    i’m under my covers, sipping on coffee, safe in sweden, while chaos is unfolding across the atlantic in boston, massachusettes. i’ve got a local boston tv station streaming live and i’m checking twitter every…

    19 Apr 2013
  • create + inspire

    i miss y’all.

    hi! just sharing a quick & short hello late on a sunday night. i miss y’all. i haven’t blogged since last week, and it feels weird. but, there has been much more important stuff…

    14 Apr 2013
  • photography

    april is for living!

    hey lovelies! well, it’s only a week and some days before we rip down another page on our calendars and begin a new month. crazy, huh? i was thinking… since it was so much…

    21 Mar 2013
  • photography

    ready. set. go!

    here it is!! the march photo a day challenge! and boy, it’s a doozy. it’s gonna be a tough one. but that’s the point, right? time to get our creative juices flowing. so, grab…

    1 Mar 2013
  • culture

    i just can’t stop.

    it’s gonna be a big year. exciting. potentially dream-making. i have no idea how, i just know it. if you don’t understand what i’m saying. it’s ok. neither do i. it’s just a feeling…

    4 Jan 2013
  • create + inspire culture

    what i read.

    i read a bunch of really awesome blogs every day. the picture above is from victoria’s blog, just one of the many, talented writers i have discovered & connected with thanks to wordpress & other…

    5 Oct 2012
  • create + inspire

    500.

    it’s been raining for about 24 hours now. and it’s really, really chilly outside.  i suppose it is the perfect first day of fall (today actually is the first day of fall, you know).…

    22 Sep 2012
  • culture

    broken lives & blogging.

    i have a good life. no. a great life. sometimes i wonder, though, how everything appears from the perspective of my blog… let me reassure you, my life is great and amazing, but it…

    10 Sep 2012
  • culture

    freedom.

    “I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me…

    24 Aug 2012
  • culture

    tragedy & beauty.

    i could be angry. but i choose to channel that anger into passion. i could live in fear. but i choose to face my fears. i could feel overwhelmed and give up. but i…

    22 Jul 2012
  • life

    a little work. a little play.

    i just re-read the post i wrote before i left for my week of camp, and noticed that i was expecting to find solitude and rest. well, my week in the archipelago didn’t turn…

    16 Jul 2012
  • sweden

    off the grid.

    pic from here. well, folks. i’m off. off the grid, that is. ready for a week of retreat and community. thought i’d share one little image of an inspiring picture that i love. it…

    7 Jul 2012
  • be meditation

    i caved.

    for my own mental health, i have given in to the new year’s resolution/promise thing. i figured i needed some discipline in my life. some routine. and it felt like a good decision this…

    5 Jan 2012
  • culture

    to live is to give.

    i once met a single mom who had 4 or 5 kids (i don’t remember exactly). the oldest was in one of the special education classes i taught in a little town in nc.…

    22 Nov 2011