this too shall pass, I hope

A frustrating side effect of pregnancy for me is not being able to work very well in the studio. I can sit in there for an hour and not think of a thing to go on with. The flow is absent and it feels like an essential part of who I am is missing. I miss the burst of the really big projects.


All I can do is continue to show up. Dry creative spells always drive me nuts.

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ephemerality

me, with luna moth

I think the incredibleness of living is that, no matter what it is that you're experiencing, and even knowing that other people, perhaps millions, have experienced it already, it's still new and fresh as if for the first time. Perhaps it really is the first time again, every time.

*photo by my mom

35mm film :: costa rica, 2009

Sometimes you just need to go someplace new, to clear the cobwebs out of your soul.

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the tiny secret garden

35mm film

35mm film

Those top pictures are from when we first bought our little house, 5 or 6 summers ago. We had not yet rototilled the lawn to put in our mixture of flowers and vegetables. Every year the garden has changed significantly as we learn what we like in there, what takes over, or what isn't really doing it for us.

It's a tiny little space crammed with character, and tim and I have learned so much from all our tries with growing things and living in its private green calm. We look forward to trying things on a bigger scale someday. Nature is so incredibly nourishing and healing. It's the natural antidote to the confusion in the human mind.

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polaroid postcards

Polaroid postcards now in the shop.


I love these guys. I gloat over them when they come. I send a few and tuck others into packages. I prop them around.

I really have a thing for snail mail. The handwriting, the stamps (I'm very selective, and put my least favorite ones on bills only), the pop of brightness and friendship in the mailbox. It's second best to hanging out with someone.


xo brooke

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clearing out the tea drawer

Ah, the tea drawer. Everything's tidy now. I put a bunch of herbal teabags in a large teak bowl on the counter. Preparations for that ritual that in a foreign places is a lifeline, and at home, protects the secret and solitary understandings I keep with myself.

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35mm film :: nova scotia, 2007

I was looking through my box of photos and realized I've never shared these. 35mm film shots from our road trip honeymoon through nova scotia, june 2007. We had the best time. When we hiked along the coast we could hear the whales breathing.


That really can't be topped. Only remembered with pleasure. Returning to see more, and perhaps to explore newfoundland and labrador are on our minds for sometime in the future.

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