Archive - The Hand Built Life

A dinner by the river, a blunt neighbor, and the choice that changes everything.

Aug 14 •

July 2025

The Uncertainty of Certainty

Learning to trust what we don't know.

Jul 30 •

A Maker's Morning

It looks like coffee. But it’s something else entirely.

Jul 22 •

Reflections on building a life by hand—small homes, soulful design, faith, and letting go of what no longer serves.

Jul 15 •

Beauty can save a life

A true story of how beauty moved me from perfection and control to surrender and love—and why beauty is who we become, not what we possess.

Jul 7 •

The space between

What if the in-between was the most sacred place of all?

Jul 1 •

June 2025

For the ones who've waited long enough.

Jun 26 •

Touching the here and now

Jun 21 •

Living by feel, not formula

Jun 17 •

A recipe for love

When the past returns, what do we do with it?

Jun 10 •

Three generations of hands and the legacy I'm choosing to build.

Jun 7 •

When enough becomes sacred

Why I build spaces that hold a heartbeat.

Jun 5 •

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