I walked out of the hot sunshine into the cool shade of the church. The walls were blackened from centuries of dirt and pollution building up and the door I pushed through was as thick as my hand. It swung heavily shut behind me and I took a moment to let my eyes adjust to the…
August was mostly spent in Denmark, and so of course it was good (I love Denmark). It was also super tiring since we decided to completely gut and install a kitchen in two weeks. As you do. But then there was also all the time with family and friends, the simply too wonderful interior design…
We flew back from Copenhagen early yesterday morning, waving goodbye to our friends and wrapping their gorgeous girls into hugs as we packed our suitcases into the car. I’d thought I might have time for a blog post or two, here or there. But it turns out that completely gutting and reinstalling a kitchen in…
There’s a construction site 100m behind our building and so the view from our third floor balcony includes seven large cranes, some white, some yellow, looming over the surrounding houses and framing the horizon of dark trees. By this time, the sky fading to blush pink, they have ceased their busy movement and stand silent…
One day he didn’t come back. The wilderness had called to him since he was a boy walking small beside me. I held his hand a little too firmly in mine along the dusty paths to the city. The desert was all around us here, encroaching on our path from one safe town to the…
July has been a glorious summer month. We’ve had wall to wall sunshine nearly the whole month for which I am so grateful. We had a visit from my parents, multiple long evenings on the terrace and discovering rivers to swim in with friends. And my spirit feels light. All that vitamin d is doing…
