*shakes fist* I AM NOT AN ARIES, DAMN IT.

The eternal project is DONE.
(No, I don’t mean the kitchen. That’s only been like two years.)

This project has waited its turn for, uh, wow. Over ten years. Cripes.
No, to make clear: this isn’t really my personal style, not anymore. But years ago — let’s just say it was awhile and leave it [...]

lessons learned, son of.

If you ask me (and you’re reading, so that counts as asking), it’s important to be aware of the importance of home as sacred space, as a place that’s both protective and inviolate and removed from what’s-out-there. And, as long as we feel like intruders or permanent guests or not-really-here in undecorated/uncommanded homes/spaces, we never [...]

An entire assortment of lessons learned.

After the last week or so of nonstop go-go-go (with the final note of it all being the news a friend is shipping off to Iraq for a month, sigh), I realized the best sanity saver is to avoid deep thoughts and chase the shiny, which for me will always be How To Occupy Space. [...]