A Gentle 3 Card Tarot Spread for Closing Out the Year
What You Need A good night for this is any evening in December. The winter solstice, around December 21, is lovely if you want a natural moment to pause. But any quiet evening works. The Spread Shuffle however feels right to you. Lay three cards in a row from left to right. How I Read […]
Handmade Stocking Stuffers Under $15 – For the Person Who Feels Everything
Some of the best gifts are the small ones. The ones that fit in a pocket, or an envelope, or the toe of a stocking, and still manage to say “I see you.” This list is for the person on your list who feels everything. The quiet one, the tender one, the one who carries […]
Grace Sherwood: The Woman We Are Named For
I don’t talk about Grace Sherwood as often as I probably should, given that half our name is hers. It’s easy to let her become shorthand, a line in and About section, a nice bit of lore on the homepage. But she was a real woman who really lived, and the more I sit with […]
JOURNALING WHEN ANXIETY IS LOUD: NOT A CURE, JUST A PLACE TO PUT THE NOISE
I am not going to tell you that journaling healed my anxiety. I am not going to give you a five step system that quiets your nervous system in ten minutes or less. I am not going to pretend that picking up a pen and writing in a pretty notebook is the thing that finally […]
Introducing Our Small Canvases: Two Ways to Take One Home
We’ve been sitting on this one for a while, mostly because we wanted to actually finish a few before we said anything. But it’s time: our small canvases are almost ready to share, and we wanted to walk you through what they are and the two ways you’ll be able to take one home. Delphine […]
Five Little Herbs Worth Growing on a Windowsill
A Sherwood & Sage Blog Post You do not need a garden to grow something. That is the thing I wish I had realized earlier. Do you have a windowsill? It turns out, that’s a great place to start. There is something about having a living plant in the house that shifts the air a […]
What Slow Living Actually Means to Me (It’s Not About Doing Less)
A Sherwood & Sage Blog Post When people hear “slow living,” they picture a cottage. A woman in a linen apron pulling bread from an oven. Soft morning light, no notifications, a garden that somehow tends itself. A life that looks nothing like most of our actual lives. And I get it. That image is […]
Why I Started Journaling Again With Prompts
A Sherwood & Sage Blog Post I was a journal kid before I was anything else. I had a Judy Blume diary, given to my by my great-grandmother. I wrote in it in pencil on purpose, so I could erase a line or an entire page and write it again until it felt right. I […]
Remember to Take Care of Yourself
Self-care isn’t always a smoothie and sunrise yoga. Sometimes it’s remembering to drink water. A gentler, more honest look at taking care of yourself