Losing Chase (February 2011- October 2025)

Losing Chase (February 2011- October 2025)

If you're new here, Chase was my beloved, but bitey Border Collie.  On October 21, 2025 we said good bye to my beloved border collie Chase. He was just shy...

Community Studio Update: One Year in Portugal

Community Studio Update: One Year in Portugal

On September 3rd, 2025 we celebrated one full year in Portugal. If you're new here, my husband Nick and I moved with the goal of opening a small community studio...

Let's Leave the Country

So my husband Nick and I have decided to move to Portugal. I’ve had a lot of questions about why and how, and it’s been hard to decide where to...

Moving to Portugal Part Two: How I Met Mariana Sampaio

Ok, so my last Portugal post was back in April during my third visit there, but I never really talked about how I ended up visiting Portugal in September of...

A French Man and Two Kilns

Back in December of last year, I did a holiday market, and had postcards about the community studio project on the table as a conversation starter. And it worked! As...