The Modern Shaker

Hi Friends! It's been a full 5 months since I've shared here! Quick personal overview: This summer, I was really sick and out of commission for 6 weeks (and doing better now), our 23-year-old was living in France, Italy, and Germany, our 21-year-old started her junior year of college in Santa Fe, the other 6 of us moved out of the new house and into our rental house 20 minutes away, and our 5- and 3-year-old started attending the local Waldorf school that our older kids atten

Dear Friend, We have exciting news! Mickey and I have started a company that designs and sell house kits, similar to the one we built here in the summer of 2024. We'll be introducing our company name and website soon, but in the meantime, I thought I'd show the simplified process of building the shell of the house in photos. There is a lot involved with every step (as you know by reading my blog this past year!), but in the interest of giving a broad overview, I'm just giving

Hi Friend, Have you been looking forward to spring as much as I have? We've had a tough winter this year in New England (good snow for...

Hi Friend, I hope you had a very restful Christmas and New Year's! We did not! But it wasn't without warning ... We knew we'd be renting...