Category Archives: Finding

GUESS WHAT I FOUND

By Julie | Published: April 7, 2013
It's all enough to make this first-born, type-A, straight-A, single-momming, self-employed girl want to hole up, buckle down and take care of things. Make things better. Fix things. Soothe things. Prevent things. Get things done. Check things off the list. All while clenching her fists and holding her breath until maybe, someday, the list will be a little less long and the needs a little lighter.
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WRITING IT DOWN

By Julie | Published: January 24, 2013
Somewhere back toward the beginning of this blogging journey, I typed up a post about the specific kind of journal (and pen) that I was loving most at the time. Three years and six journals later, that opinion hasn’t changed. Although a lot of other things have. Particularly, the things filling those journals. Thank God. [...]
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PICK ONE?

By Julie | Published: January 8, 2013
Today I was talking to someone I love about how maybe just maybe we all have a bit more in common than we think. Maybe if we paid a little less attention to all those signs and labels Maybe if we were just a little less black and white We’d find ourselves slightly less turned [...]
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GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS

By Julie | Published: November 17, 2012
THE GOOD NEWS IS: I found this amazing funky 70s floor lamp at Goodwill a few months ago. Yes. Yes, I did. THE BAD NEWS IS: it was marked a whopping $25, which in Goodwill dollars is about $400. So I guess they knew what they had. THE GOOD NEWS IS: I knew what they [...]
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THE TUBE CASE

By Julie | Published: November 6, 2012
Just then a grey sedan drove slowly up my alley, pointed its wheels into my driveway, pulled in, and stopped. A tall gentlemen stepped out. "Hello," he said. "I'm Richard (Secret Last Name). I grew up in this house." But I had already guessed as much before he said a word.
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AT THE LAKE

By Julie | Published: June 29, 2012
If you don’t live here, you might not realize that Minneapolis becomes a bit of a ghost town every weekend of the summer, when half the population heads to their lakeside getaways on  Minnesota’s 10,000 or so pieces of paradise. But nothing compares to this week. This is the Superbowl of cabin going, when not only [...]
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LOOKING

By Julie | Published: June 3, 2012
Some sources say this painting is called Visions of Distant Shores. Others say it’s called Waiting for Him. Either way, a painter named Frank put oils to canvas to create this scene back in 1880. Either way, it’s a sweet, compelling, mesmerizing depiction of waiting, expecting, searching, wondering, dreaming, hoping. Either way, that resonates with me. Which [...]
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PUSHY, PUSHY

By Julie | Published: May 27, 2012
Today was the day. With no ballgames, choir concerts, or even kids on the agenda, it was finally time to step foot in my very-loney yard as if I were the actual person in charge of this small piece of the world, which I am. I slipped on my shoes and surveyed the situation. - [...]
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ART-A-WHIRLING

By Julie | Published: May 20, 2012
R-girl and I escaped for a bit this afternoon into a tangled maze of artist studios inside a sprawling historic warehouse which was almost as inspiring and entertaining as the art itself. Made me want to come home and create something. And fed my love for all things slightly banged up and perfectly imperfect. xo [...]
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THE LIVING ROOM LATEST

By Julie | Published: April 26, 2012
Because sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. Or keystrokes. And because why not combine two of my faves: vintage typewriters and vintage needlework. And because the typewriter was only $3.75 and the needlework has been floating around R-house looking for a place to land. I say yes. __ I hope your week [...]
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