I went there shattered.
I left with something real.
Part Two: Orcas
Link below and in bio.
/pub/flameandstone/p/orcas
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A little later than usual because I was on a trip — because I needed to live this one before I could write it.
This week’s Letters From the Threshold is called The Live Oak. It’s about hardship, old patterns, the choices we make in the face of them, and what it means to grow stronger without pretending the storm never came.
Hope you enjoy it. 🤍
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Standing Here | Letters From the Threshold
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This week’s reflection. Thank you for following along. And sharing.
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15 moves in 15 years.
This week’s piece is about the longing for home after years of rebuilding it again and again — and the small things that make a place feel like ours.
The shoes by the door. The coffee before dawn. The hairballs in the drain. A place where we can breathe.
/pub/flameandstone/p/a-place-where-we-can-breathe
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15 moves in 15 years.
This week I published a piece about displacement, trauma, and what makes a place feel like home when life keeps asking you to rebuild it.
I’m learning that home is not always a permanent place. Sometimes it’s where your body can soften. Where your children can exhale. Where ordinary life begins again.
This one is called A Place Where We Can Breathe.
Link here and in bio:
/pub/flameandstone/p/a-place-where-we-can-breathe
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Sick.
That one word
stirred it all loose in me.
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This week’s letter is a quieter one.
States of Unwell is about sickness, memory, and the way the body remembers old weather. About the meanings one word came to hold.
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Link here and in profile.
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Some truths take years
to be ready for daylight.
Sharing this was scary.
Vulnerability is rarely tidy.
Neither is truth.
But telling the truth is part of how I heal.
Part one is now live:
The Poison in the Well
Betrayal. Trauma. Reclamation.
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Hello. It’s been a long time since I’ve shown up in this space. Or, really, anywhere besides my couch….
For a while, I didn’t know how to. I am still unsure, but I feel I must begin. I’ve started writing again. In part to understand what I’ve gone through and in part to help others who may have similar experiences. I hope you find something helpful.
This isn’t a return to what was.
It’s something quieter. More true.
If you’re still here, I’m really grateful.
Find the link to my Substack in my profile. Please subscribe to follow this journey.
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First Eye in a long time. Find this and new work @lapointecenter next week for my show. Reception Friday 8/1 evening.
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I have a show going up next week @lapointecenter gallery here on #madelineisland . A few pieces will feature beach glass hand picked by my Dad, from his years of combing beaches here. “Where’s Glenn?” Was a common question, coining him the nickname Houdini, as he’d frequently disappear on adventures, more often than not here you’d find him walking a beach. He left behind jars of beach glass, I love that his hands were the last ones to touch these little treasures and I love that they’ll be adorning people out in the world.
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I hope you can stop by the gallery while the show is up, we will have an artist reception on 8.1.25 at 4-7ish.
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Whoa. Hello. Been a minute. I am still here! Slowly putting my life back in to place and recovering from a brutal year. Here’s some pendants I made as a custom order, they’ll be part of a collaboration with another local jeweler, Morris, who will create one of his classic beaded Mo necklaces for each to hang on.
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In other news, I’m making several pieces for my upcoming show at the La Pointe Center with goes up on 7.27 with a reception on 8.1 from 4-7 ish. I hope to see some of you there.
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Craig is back from Isle Royale, which means I can try on the Trout in the Stream sweater for myself. Cozy, comfy, cute! 🧶: @langyarns_official 📝: my own design. I’m also showing off my beautiful new Lake Superior agate earrings made by @flameandstone on Madeline Island 😍
