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We swam, shedding our rings and tucking them into tiny hideaway crevices, should they decide to free fall off of our fingers into the clear cold.

The small.
The sacred.


Isn’t that what the days that stick out in our minds are most often made up of?

Sleeping underneath the heavy cloak of the brisk arresting air, unhindered by ceilings, the shushing of HVAC units, general beeps or digital lights that we are never able to quite fully emit from dreamland.

It’s so much cooler here than back home. So much so that we felt as though we had transcended seasons.
That, coupled with the simplicity of it all— a kind of coming home.
Of meandering unstructured time associated with an ease that precedes a peaceful and simple joy.
Wanting to incorporate such simplicity into the every day of back home but somehow never quite getting there.
If only it could be as it always is, on The Road.

The 900 Kilometers Scarf

I used to have a full time knitwear design job.
I would design and release knitwear collections seasonally and knit all of the pieces myself, by hand, one stitch at a time.

(You can see some past collections here, here and here if you like)

I gave it up a few years ago in pursuit of other ventures, but lately I’ve been missing creating things with my hands so I’ve been knitting a few pieces again here and there.

I had the pleasure of knitting this commissioned one-of-a-kind piece while I was in Ireland. Inspired by the rolling green landscapes and the 900 or so kilometers driven over the course of a week.

Knitting is a thing I’ve done for almost twenty years of my life and you just can’t shake that kind of engrained motion.

Perhaps more knitwear work will be in my future down one of these roads somewhere...

See more posts on Ireland HERE.


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Folkling Shop Update | Books From Ireland

A tiny collection of special tomes from my adventure to Ireland are now listed in the shop ✨

As a writer and photojournalist, literature is one of my favorite things to hunt for in shops on back country roads and down funky city side streets.

For years, no matter how little money I had, or where I was in the world, books were always the exception to any budget or any packing restriction. I have been known to carry armfuls of books onto various forms of transportation all over this world because they wouldn’t fit in my suitcase... I have long held the belief that there is an appetite in each of us that nothing like a good book can fill.

You can shop these special books from Ireland here.

Folkling Shop Update | Ireland Vintage Vessels

I am home from Ireland and I brought this sweet little collection of vintage vessels home with me just for you guys!
Packed away all tight and snug in my carry on bag…. they’ve definitely come a long way to be here.

I believe the tiniest touches can make all the difference in making your space feel special and uniquely yours.

You can shop these pieces in my online shop here.

Artists In Film | Siobhan Watts of Bless The Weather in Hitchin England

Artists In Film | Siobhan Watts of Bless The Weather in Hitchin England

Siobhan is someone who you might recognize my having talked about before here on the journal. I visited her in England last fall and took these portraits but she and I have been virtual friends for nearly eight years through our blogs and social media. She is quite definitely my favorite virtual-turned-real-life-friend and though my practice of doing that throughout my life baffles some people (you mean you’re going to somewhere you’ve never been to meet someone in person that you met online… that you don’t even know…) I have to say that it is that very openness that has invited what I would deem some of the dearest friends I have in this world.

She has taught me many things in the way of bringing artistry and beauty to all that you do (we share love and vocations with photography and knitting for one thing, though she has many other talents besides).

But one of the primary ways I’ve witnessed this is through her relationship with her daughter, Rory.

Being a mother is a thing that in most societies, defines a woman once she becomes it. All-at-once she loses her identity as anything other than Mother.
Motherhood is an incredible roll to have and embody. One I hope to have myself one day. Indeed, it is through my own spectacular Mother raising me in just the way she did that I have the view and independence I do in the world. If it weren’t for the way she helped shape my view of myself and others and the world around me, I wouldn’t view it as the miraculous and beautiful place that I do.

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Folkling Vintage | The California Coast

Folkling Vintage | The California Coast

I have been in California for part of August, and while there I picked up a few vintage finds for folkling.

Shooting these pieces while driving up the Pacific Coast Highway was such a fun artistic endeavor for me.

It is combining many of my loves, photography, vintage, travel, all into one.

I appreciate all of you who’ve supported Folkling over the last two years of its existence. It’s a venture that I get so much enjoyment out of and not only something I preach, but practice.
I truly believe in the sustainability and ethical consciousness in buying secondhand first and appreciating that which already exists in the world.
Additionally, you are fueling my life on The Road in more ways than one, and that’s a dream for which I cannot thank you enough.

If you are interested in any of these pieces, shoot me a direct message through the Folkling instagram.
Thank you to everyone who sees value in shopping slow.
xo

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