Musings

The Things We Carry

Every day, I carry around a workstation, entertainment center, snack station, and medicine cabinet with me. For example, here's an inventory of wha...

My wishes for you in 2023

Hi all, Why and how is it November already? Anyone else feel as if time got warped in 2020 and it may never straighten itself out again? I can't te...

How to tie your shoelaces one-handed

Hi all,I’m about four weeks post-hand surgery, healing as well as possible so far but also very ready to get out of this cast. The last month h...

What should I write in a sympathy card?

Because I make and sell sympathy cards (and wrote a book about grief), people often ask me, "I want to send a sympathy card, but I don't know what ...

Send some love in the mail for Thinking of You Week (Sept 19-25)

It's Thinking of You Week (Sept 19-25) this week, which is an international movement to celebrate the joy of sending and receiving hand-written not...

I'm 35 today.

"How do you feel about turning x?" is a question you always get a lot around your birthday, and one that I've been asking myself. And as often the ...

What to Write in a Thinking of You Card

Hi! Thinking of You Week is coming up next month (Sept 19th - 25th), so let's talk about sending Thinking of You or Just Because cards! We often t...

How to support someone going through a hard time

I often get asked, "What should I do to support someone who is going through a hard time?" It's common to be unsure of how to help, and to be worr...

ON TAKING VACATION AND FINDING SUSTAINABLE REST & JOY

I put the shop on vacation and took the last three weeks off to attend a friend’s wedding in Italy, and then to travel around a bit with my partner...

Why I joined the Etsy Strike

Hi! I'm closing my Etsy shop from April 11th to April 18th in response to Etsy's rising fees and anti-creator policies, and in solidarity with othe...

Welcome to the Grief Club: Reflections on writing about grief

In 2016, my partner, Nap, died unexpectedly when we were both twenty-eight. He was the first person I loved who died, and I was one of only a few p...

Welcome to the Grief Club Pub Day!

Today is the Welcome to the Grief Club Pub Day (publishing day), which means it is officially out on bookshelves wherever books are sold! This is ...