Category Archives: Cool Things

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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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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SO SWEET

By Julie | Published: June 13, 2012
Way, way back when when I was a few feet shorter and a few years younger with buck teeth, pigtails and one teacher all day long, I had a friend who would choose a seat next to me every day in the big, noisy lunchroom and every day after I ate my peanut butter or [...]
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ALL A-FLUTTER

By Julie | Published: May 22, 2012
For the past three days, every time I come in or out of R-house, I have had a friend waiting for me at the front door. This evening I stood on my front step and watched – in awe – as my butterfly launched into a Dancing with the Stars-worthy performance – fluttering over, around, [...]
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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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R WE THERE YET?

By Julie | Published: March 16, 2012
Yes, we R! We made it to the weekend here at R-house. And, apparently, also summer? Hope you enjoy yours!! xo __ All photos were snapped on R outing to Hunt and Gather last weekend. One of my most favorite of inspiration stations…
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A PINK CHRISTMAS

By Julie | Published: December 19, 2011
Well, since we apparently won’t be having the correct-color Christmas here in Minnesota this year, I’m enjoying my alternate-color holiday. Indoors. With my new pink hanging light. And my pink vintage Christmas bulbs. What? Why, yes, I did say my new pink hanging light. That I paid only $19 for. And which looks even more pink [...]
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SLIDE SHOW

By Julie | Published: November 25, 2011
Last night after the food had been thoroughly enjoyed (twice) and before we headed back through the woods and over the river, Ma pulled out the slide projector and we went for a stroll down memory lane. With some sweet Christmas landmarks along the way… One of my first holidays, in New Jersey. I love [...]
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THE BEST KIND OF TENSE

By Julie | Published: November 21, 2011
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I’m a word girl. Words move me. Intrigue me. Inspire me. Speak to me. And sometimes I can get a little nerdy about it. Take that phrase, for example, from a song I’ve heard a few times recently. What grabs me is that I happen to know [...]
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CHARMED

By Julie | Published: November 19, 2011
We’ve all said it a hundred times. But when it actually happens to you out of the blue on an otherwise ordinary Monday afternoon, the phrase “good things come in small packages” can suddenly take on a whole new meaning. Especially when the good things look like this: Oh yeah. You know it. It’s my [...]
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