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Am I Old or Am I Young?

When I started writing this blog, I was 21 years old. It doesn’t seem that long ago – after all, five years is no great span of time. But a lot has changed in five years. I have a master’s more…

Accepting the Imperfect

  Framing is precision work. The spacing, the trimming, the hanging – there are so many little mistakes that can be made, in so many steps. By the end, if you’re not careful, those little mistakes pile into an eyesore. more…

What is a Sanctuary?

  Our world is fraught. We understand this at a very core level, even if we don’t see it as a bad thing. And we’re right: it’s not bad in and of itself. Our lives are filled with family and more…

The Mission Statement

It occurs to me that I have been writing this blog for some time now. I don’t know how many people actually read it, but our system administrators assure me the numbers are good. I have written on a broad more…

Travel

My current job requires a lot of driving. I’m not transporting hazardous materials, or maneuvering an 18-wheeler through hairpin turns – just regular, old-fashioned highway and city driving. Even though most of this work driving is in Austin, my city, more…