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What I'm doing now

This is my now page. To learn more about my background, visit my about page.

I've lived in Corvallis, Oregon for over three years, with my husband and three kids, aged 4 years, 6 years and 8 years.

This is me now:

  • Went cross-country skiing for the first time in my adult life and *loved* it, a sharp departure from every other time I've strapped anything to my feet, ever.
  • Reading: Eight Weeks to Optimum Health; Like Brothers; World of Wonders; Open City. Watching: nothing at the moment. Last series was Ted Lasso, last film was Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Listening on repeat: the song Coney Island with Matt Berninger and Taylor Swift.
  • Home with kids nearly full-time while working nearly full-time while finally getting back to the gym and focusing on a happiness project.
  • Volunteering as a coach with AYSO, as a steering committee member of the Power of 100+ People Who Care Corvallis, and as parent association co-chair at my youngest's Montessori school.

I'm currently feeling challenged by:

  • All that stuff in the block up there [insert up arrow here].
  • Not having seen my family (in the Midwest and England and Switzerland) in eleventy months.
  • Issues of overwhelm.

I've been thinking about:

  • Clients I come to love.
  • I had a dream that our house had all these secret rooms, with super old newspapers and books and toys and clothes, and I'm fascinated by everything I saw in that dream.
  • What to plant in my garden.

I've been grateful as heck for:

  • My cousin, who is making this website less ramshackle and way more cool every day.
  • These yahoos.

Page created on December 27, 2016; last updated on March 22, 2021.

Many thanks to Derek Sivers for the idea of a now page. If you have a website, you should make a now page too.

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I just repatriated from Sweden to the US with my British husband and three young kids. I started this site while living in Sweden to build the conversations and community we've had with loved ones around the world, and to create a space to share thoughts about life, beauty, motherhood, and everything else. read more →

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Getting Ready for Spain

January 11, 2017 By Jodi 5 Comments

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We're off to Spain tomorrow morning! We're staying in a small town on the Mediterranean called Nerja, where we've rented an apartment for the two weeks we'll be there. We're looking forward to sunlight (!), warm afternoons spent at playgrounds, and yummy fresh food (and, of course, cava).

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Classic Scandinavian Design

February 22, 2017 By Jodi 2 Comments

Classic Scandinavian Design, Swedish Grace tableware from Rorstrand

Now that I've finally come around to doing some design posts every now and then, I thought it would be fun to share a handful of classic Scandinavian design pieces. These are the items that I have noticed again and again in people's homes. In fact, I dare say that if you walk into almost any home in Sweden you...

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December 19, 2016 By Jodi 3 Comments

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