MUSINGS ON LIFE AND WRITING WITH SARAH BUCKLEITNER
Today I was unloading the dishwasher, sorting forks and spoons into their rightful places in the silverware tray, not really thinking about anything in particular--maybe about how unloading the dishwasher is such a boring, adult activity--when something about a mug I was holding made me think of my mom. I don't know if it was … Continue reading On Grief and Coffee Mugs
This post was written in 2021, after our second child was born, and never published, but I figured it deserved to see the light of day. I'm aging. My skin is beginning to sag and wrinkle. The first lines of silver gleam against the dark brown of my hair. Of course, I've been aging my … Continue reading On Letting Yourself Go
When I first learned how to knit, just finishing an item was a huge accomplishment, never mind what the finished product looked like, what techniques I'd used, or how complex it had been to start with. At the time, finishing was the vote of confidence I needed to show myself that I had follow through. … Continue reading On Slowly Building Skill and Perseverance Through Knitting
Note from future-Sarah: This post was written before our move from Georgia to New Jersey, in 2022. Since then we've moved again (though hopefully for the last time), and again grappled with the roots we severed and the places we'll miss. I decided to finally publish it because it still rings true, and I thought … Continue reading On Creativity in Times of Turmoil
Ever since I was a child, I've wanted chickens of my own. I remember visiting the local farm near our house, and my best friend, Amanda, and myself hunting for eggs to hide in our pockets, so that we could bring them home and try to incubate them. Once, I even brought home an egg … Continue reading On Feathery Friends
With a new house comes a new garden, and this time we're ready to to take it to a new level. A quick note though: to be clear, we're not trying to homestead here. Neither Jordan or myself has any interest in trying to grow all of our own food. That takes a level of … Continue reading On The Start of a New Garden
When we first moved to this little plot of land in Upstate New York, the overgrown cow pastures that made up the field behind our house seemed almost devoid of animal life. In our first forays to explore it, we waded through densely growing goldenrod and gorgeous (invasive) purple loosestrife. Our clothes caught on (also … Continue reading On Abundant American Woodcocks
Note: I wrote this post while pregnant with our first child, L. It's funny to look back on it years later, with three children sleeping upstairs and an overflowing toy bin in the next room. We've continued to try and be somewhat minimalist in our philosophy about stuff for kids, even while our lives are … Continue reading On Foregoing a Nursery
Hi folks, For some time now, I have been (slowly) working on a second book that's part of the Small Magic universe. Slowly is the key word. I was reflecting tonight (as I rocked a sleepy baby), that it's been almost three years since I started writing this sequel (or prequel?) to Little Birds and … Continue reading On Writing Updates: Book Two, Book One, and the Blog
Last week, I read an article on hobbies that talked about the fact that most people struggle to pick them up and then keep going. As someone who has both glommed onto my hobbies as a central, shaping force in my life, and abandoned hobbies (like the guitar I tried to pick up in college), … Continue reading On Picking Up Hobbies
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