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Hi, I’m Marcia.
Teacher turned storyteller, coast dweller turned city explorer. I share everyday beauty through words, music, and photos…welcoming slow mornings, garden paths, and all the little joys that make a life well-loved.
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Category Archives: Our Home
Tending the Heart: Welcoming Spring
As the seasons shift, so does the quiet work within us. This reflection explores the gentle, often unseen act of tending the heart…through honesty, patience, and trust. Read the full blog post
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Tagged home, quiet life, reflection, tending the heart, welcoming spring
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🌿 Tending the Home — Week Four: Tending Creative Space
There is a quiet that comes after finishing something meaningful. In this week’s reflection, I’m learning to sit in that space…trusting the rhythm of creativity and allowing ideas to arrive in their own time. Read the full blog post
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Tagged creative process, Creativity, home and life, Mindful Living, personal growth, Reflections, Slow Living, writing llife
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Tending the Home: Week Three — Tending Relationships
Friendships may look different now…quieter, more spaced out, less defined by routine and more by intention. But they are still here, and they are still beautiful. In this season of life, I am learning that relationships, like home, are something we tend gently over time. Read the full blog post
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Tagged Community, Friendship, Intentional Living, life transitions, personal growth, reflection, relationships, women over 70
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Ordinary Days, Sacred Rhythms
A home is shaped not only by the rooms we decorate but by the daily rhythms that unfolds within it. This reflection explores how quiet mornings, nourishing meals, walks, and creativity become part of tending the home. Read the full blog post
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Tagged creative living, daily rhythms, Gratitude, home, Home life, Intentional Living, life reflections, ordinary days, simple living
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Tending the Home in March: The Physical Space
March invites a quiet kind of renewal. In this first post of a March series, I reflect on tending the home beginning with the physical space and how simplifying our surroundings can create room for creativity and calm. Read the full blog post
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Tagged creative living, home reflections, Intentional Living, Seasonal Living, simple home, tending the home
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Tending the Home: A March Series
March feels like a threshold…not quite winter, not fully spring. in this in-between season, I’m turning my attention inward, tending the home in quiet, meaningful ways. over the next five weeks, I’ll be reflecting on the spaces, rhythms, relationships, and creative corners that shape the atmosphere of our days. Read the full blog post
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Tagged March Reflections, Seasonal Living, tending the home, welcoming spring
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The Homes I’ve Lived In
Each home I’ve lived in has been its own chapter…shaping who I was, how I saw the world, and the stories I carry forward. Looking back, I’m grateful for every place that sheltered a season of my life. Read the full blog post
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Tagged Home and Memory, Life Chapters, Meaning of Home, Moving & Transition, Reflective living
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Creating from the Heart: Making What Feels True
Creating from the heart looks different in every season. This January, I’m finding creativity in writing, music, journaling, and simple meals…making what feels true, without pressure or performance. Read the full blog post
Clearing Space: Beginning the New Year Gently
I’m beginning the new year quietly…by clearing space, putting things away with gratitude, and making room for gentler rhythms. Sometimes the softest beginnings become the most meaningful ones. Read the full blog post
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Tagged Clearing Space, Decluttering, Gentle Beginnings, January, Mindful Living, New Year, simple living
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Making Peace With the Year: A Gentle Reflection on Change, Creativity, and Hope
As the year draws to a close, I find myself less interested in summaries and more drawn to reflection. This past year brought meaningful change, quiet growth, and a renewed commitment to creativity…inviting me to make peace with what was and step gently toward what’s still unfolding. Read the full blog post
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Tagged Creative Journey, Gratitude Practice, personal growth, Reflective living, writing life, Year-End Reflection
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