Simply Curious Living
Exploring creativity, compassion, and the small everyday wonders that make life meaningful.
About This Space
Welcome! I'm a creative soul in my early 60s, navigating this beautiful season of life with curiosity and care. After years of freelance publishing, I've stepped into a new chapter — one filled with writing, creating handmade cards, caring for my husband, our sweet dog Zoey, and our adopted cat Apollo.
Compassion
For animals, for people, for the unseen threads that connect all of us.
Creativity
Cards, writing, diamond art — creativity is my soft landing place and daily anchor.
Curiosity
Staying open to wonder, to new ideas, and to the quiet magic of everyday life.
Recent Blogs
My Journey So Far
From a Marine Corps family to freelance publishing to this new creative chapter — the winding path that brought me here.
What Simply Curious Living Means
It's about staying open, slowing down, caring deeply, and finding meaning in the ordinary moments that leave the deepest imprint.
The Animals We Leave Behind
Leaving the deer, foxes, and barn swallows of our Tiverton yard behind — and learning to hold that tenderness with grace.
How The Mystical Sanctuary Came to Be
The story of three widowed women, a crumbling farm, and animals that arrive carrying messages from tarot cards.
How I Became Vegetarian
A quiet shift that started with curiosity during COVID and became a way of living that feels true — gentle, compassionate, aligned.
How Creativity Helps Keep Me Grounded
Diamond art, handmade cards, and writing became more than hobbies — they became the most stabilizing forces in my life.
Lessons From Creating The Mystical Sanctuary
Creativity thrives on permission, not pressure. Stories know more than we do. And grief and wonder can coexist.
The Barking Dog
A 3 a.m. wake-up, an anxious heart, and the realization that compassion and compass share more than letters.
The Unexpected Benefits of Going Vegetarian
A lighter feeling, deeper connection to food, increased mindfulness — the quiet, steady, surprisingly joyful shifts.
"Simply Curious Living is my way of gathering those moments, sharing them, and hopefully creating a place where others feel seen, inspired, and reminded that their own life still has chapters waiting to unfold."