Adventure + Creativity

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How (and why!) to take yourself on a solo adventure

If there’s anything moms don’t typically get enough of, it’s time alone – and when kids are small, outdoor ventures can be a ton of work. Four years ago, I took a solo hiking, camping, and backpacking trip in the woods of northern Michigan and it wound up being a life-changing experience that taught me …

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From Farmer to Author With Anna Featherstone

It’s easy to romanticize the “simple life” (I’m guilty of it pretty much daily) but what happens when the simple, sustainable, satisfying life you set out to create turns into…something else entirely? Australian author and sustainability advocate Anna Featherstone experienced exactly this while she and her husband were running a “small” farm that, along the …

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The Spring/Summer 2023 issue of REINVENT Magazine is here!

It’s here…the Spring/Summer issue of my magazine, REINVENT…and this one is special. With essays and articles about everything from backyard chickens and foraging in the wild to recipes for tart, delightful lemon curd and rich, fluffy quiche – plus my musings on the changes of spring and more! – this issue is packed with personal …

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Behind-the-scenes of a future bookstore: Sunday Morning Tea

Have you ever dreamed of doing something completely different – like, say, opening a bookstore? Learn more about the bookstore my sister Kathreen and I and our partners Eric and…well, Eric, are opening in the northern Michigan town of Manistique sometime this spring/summer, in this special Sunday Morning Tea, live from the mid-renovation building! Watch …

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From bureaucrat to bookstore owner at 55

“Owning an bookstore is literally my dream.” Since announcing our plans to start our own indie book shop with our partners in northern Michigan, my sister Kathreen and I have heard those words many times. But if you’re not accustomed to thinking of yourself as a business owner, making the leap from a 9-5 job …

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