Books! I don't track my reading anywhere, so these favorites are likely influenced by recency bias, but the ones that first come to mind are: The Everlasting (by Alix E Harrow) and A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (by Sangu Mandanna).
House! I'll definitely be writing more about this in the coming months, since so much of what has shifted deep within me in the past year+ has to do with home/local living, and the ethos of trying to go an inch wide and a mile deep instead of spreading myself out so much (geographically and in other ways) like I did before. The house isn't actually mine (it is owned by my partner's father) and never will be (my partner and I don't share money/asset ownership and don't plan to), but our hope and vision is for this to be our lifelong home. This year's projects have included: building a crushed rock patio with outdoor seating, repainting the barn, making some structural changes/fixes to the barn and chicken coop, winterizing the house in as many ways as possible to cut down on heat loss (and our wild gas bill), planting fruit trees (apples & peaches), expanding our gardening space (adding raised beds and fencing/protecting the in-ground garden area).
While I never would have picked to live in this town (or in the suburbs of Boston more generally) on my own, I love this house so much. I feel like it has a soul (does this sound weird??) and that I'm just so lucky to get to be one of its current stewards. Thanks for asking!
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Books! I don't track my reading anywhere, so these favorites are likely influenced by recency bias, but the ones that first come to mind are: The Everlasting (by Alix E Harrow) and A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (by Sangu Mandanna).
House! I'll definitely be writing more about this in the coming months, since so much of what has shifted deep within me in the past year+ has to do with home/local living, and the ethos of trying to go an inch wide and a mile deep instead of spreading myself out so much (geographically and in other ways) like I did before. The house isn't actually mine (it is owned by my partner's father) and never will be (my partner and I don't share money/asset ownership and don't plan to), but our hope and vision is for this to be our lifelong home. This year's projects have included: building a crushed rock patio with outdoor seating, repainting the barn, making some structural changes/fixes to the barn and chicken coop, winterizing the house in as many ways as possible to cut down on heat loss (and our wild gas bill), planting fruit trees (apples & peaches), expanding our gardening space (adding raised beds and fencing/protecting the in-ground garden area).
While I never would have picked to live in this town (or in the suburbs of Boston more generally) on my own, I love this house so much. I feel like it has a soul (does this sound weird??) and that I'm just so lucky to get to be one of its current stewards. Thanks for asking!