Each season I make a little list of the pleasures I want to soak in. I call them manifestos, but they’re really just love letters to the season. These seasonal lists are my own little things-to-do-before-the-moment-passes. I hope to keep listing these, every Thursday, as a reminder to soak it in over the weekend (and as a mid-week cheer-up).

After 2 weeks of endless travel (in order: plane, bus(ses), train(s), car, trolley, truck, plane(s)), I am so grateful to have amazing friends and family to visit and a snuggly family to come home to.

This coming week I want to stick close to home and enjoy all the local treasures:

Photographing my new shawl (pictured at the top of the post) and listing it as my first pattern for sale! Local library. I LOVE my library and have a summer reading list a mile long (you can keep up . . . → Read More: Summer Manifesto – Glad to Be Home Edition

Each season I make a little list of the pleasures I want to soak in. I call them manifestos, but they’re really just love letters to the season. These seasonal lists are my own little things-to-do-before-the-moment-passes. I hope to keep listing these, every Thursday, as a reminder to soak it in over the weekend (and as a mid-week cheer-up).

This last week has been hectic with moving and quitting my job and starting a whole new life. This week I’m looking foward to soaking in the summer and settling into my new house and new job. I’m especially excited to:

Find some tasty veggies at the Jonesborough Farmer’s Market. Be inspired to whip up some recipes with all that local food. Spin on the porch. Meet lots of local artists at The Big Crafty. Find the right furniture for my new fiber studio at thrift stores and garage sales.

How . . . → Read More: Summer Manifesto #2