Thank you all so much for the kind and wonderful comments you left on this giveaway. Thanks also for the wonderful list of books and music! I’ll be checking back here and requesting many of these book titles at the local library this summer. I’m grateful for your suggestions.
Congratulations to Lindsey G! She was commenter number 15 in the comment section for this giveaway and I can’t wait to bundle up some goodies and send them her way.
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[Sketching Spring Necklace :: sterling silver]
You’ve done it again. Your support has helped us over the hump of winter, fed us, clothed us, paid our mortgage, put fuel in our trucks, fed our dogs their kibbles, the cat his tuna and our chickens their grub. The best way I know how to say thanks is to do a giveaway and to say, thank you, until you know I really, deeply, truly mean it.
Thank you.
So much.
For all you do.
Thank you for reading this blog, for claiming my work (big pieces or small), for the encouraging notes you send me by mail, email, Etsy convo (sorry it takes me so long to respond, I really am the worlds worst emailer). Thanks for telling me to write a book or to publish a collection of prose and poetry. Gosh. Thanks for that. This is one of my main goals this summer, hold me to it. Most of all, thanks for being just who you are because there are times when I think of you, or I read your comments on a blog post, and I really feel warm inside and understood and received and like my views and my lifestyle and the very who of me is respected and cherished — whether you live your life similarly or not — and that’s the sort of thing that makes me want to continue in this work and continue sharing my life with you in all the ways that I can. You are courageously openhearted and open minded. I’m proud of you for that. You are part of a beloved community here and having you in my world, in our world, is a blessing. All day long. Every day.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIVEAWAY ENTRY:
If you would like to enter your name in the drawing for this Sketching Spring Necklace, please simply leave a comment on this blog post. You can say anything you would like to say. I would love to know the title of the best book you have read recently or the name of the album you are playing on repeat lately. If you are shy, just say “Hi!” There aren’t any rules.
I’ll randomly draw a winning name as soon as I am settled in the Methow Valley, at our summering grounds. As always, my giveaway packages are little care packages so be prepared for the arrival of a bevy of love in your mailbox if you are the winner. PLEASE NOTE: If your comment does not appear in the comment section immediately it’s because it’s sitting in my behind-the-scenes comment moderation area and I’ll publish it as soon as I have an internet connection up and running once more.
Until then, with abiding affection,
The Noisy Plume
XX
Hello, beautiful Jillian, you generous soul.
I haven’t been reading many books lately or listening to much music, but I can share one thing: if you don’t already have a blender for smoothies, I’ve been obsessed with my Nutribullet. Smoothies every day! One favorite: kale, small & sweet fresh strawberries, frozen mango, and a tablespoon of flaxseed.
xoxo
Es
Hi Jillian! Love seeing your photos on Flickr and I wish you were on Instagram! Unless maybe you’re hiding in there somewhere under another name. 🙂 ~jenna
Golly o’gee, That is a divine little give-a-way. In MN it is finally spring here too. So slow this yr. 15 inches of snow on May 2nd. School even closed. Now, the tulips and daffodils are finally smiling at me. The birds are in abundance at the feeders and i can’t wait for our first camping trip. No more reading books for this girl. Outdoors full speed ahead!! Happy Trails my friend. Sunshine & giddy smiles. kim
oohhh! hi!
I am re-reading the Outlander series which I found thanks to you! Such a lovely piece! Have a wonderful Summer.
Hi J
you rock. thats all 😛
Oh goodie! Your “sketching” line is so beautiful. I’d love to win! Lately I can’t stop listening to the Of Monsters and Men album, “My Head Is an Animal.”
HELLO from Chicago!
Best book I’ve read in quite some time: Still Points North. Loved it and love you Plume!
Oh oh!! Pick me!!!
Today is my RW’s (Ronald William) birthday. 🙂 we are celebrating with ribs on the grill, roasted sweet potatoes, and cold beer. And I made ice cream pie too.
Recently loved The Night Circus. Positively phenomenal book.
I have Kings Of Leon “Because of the Times” on repeat and I think I’m going to get Lana Del Ray this weekend too.
It is snowing here today. So sad. Tomorrow is my birthday and I usually celebrate by planting my garden, but not this year. The birds are singing their little hearts out having just arrived and desperate to start pairing up. I’ve been listening to Lord Huron’s album because I listened to it when we were in South America a month ago and it makes me feel like I am back there. I recently finished Maureen Johnson’s two Shades of London books, funny and slightly creepy.
I just received the Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Taschen), its beautifully illustrated and my husband and I are enjoying reading these classics as much as our daughters. Safe travels.
Hi! I’m shy…
dearest
beautiful
jillian
i want to take this opportunity to THANK YOU BACK!!
thank YOU for adding SUCH PRECIOUS BEAUTY to the world through being YOU….through what you create with your hands…and i deeply hope that you will set those plans of writing into life… when i think of you BEAUTY is one of the first words that comes to my mind and now that made me think of these words that i read just the other day:
“Perhaps it is beauty that will save us in the end.” – Dostoevsky
i would absolutely LOVE to share with you the BEST book i have read lately, it was one of those few that you just know that you will carry with you in your heart forever…i cried when it was over…i didn’t want to let go of it:
“The art of hearing heartbeats” by Jan- Philipp Sendker.
and
listening to the album wilderness by alfred hall
and
reading poetry by scandinavian artists,
like this one by the swedish karin boye:
YES, OF COURSE IT HURTS
Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking.
Why else would the springtime falter?
Why would all our ardent longing
bind itself in frozen, bitter pallor?
After all, the bud was cover all the winter.
What new thing is it that bursts and wears?
Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking,
hurts for that which grows
and that which bars.
Yes, it is hard when drops are falling.
Trembling with fear, and heavy hanging,
cleaving to the twig, and swelling, sliding –
weight draws them down, though they go on clinging.
Hard to be uncertain, afraid and divided,
hard to feel the depths attract and call,
yet sit fast and merely tremble –
hard to want to stay
and want to fall.
Then, when things are worst and nothing helps
the tree’s buds break as in rejoicing,
then, when no fear holds back any longer,
down in glitter go the twig’s drops plunging,
forget that they were frightened by the new,
forget their fear before the flight unfurled –
feel for a second their greatest safety,
rest in that trust
that creates the world.
LOVE
I love your blog and your jewelry!It’s all very inspirational. I am almost through reading The Shack. It’s not usually the kind of book I read but it’s blowing my mind (in a good way). I am also loving the Monsters of Men album.
Hi! Yay for a giveaway! I recently read Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, and loved it 🙂
Sadly, I haven’t read any books I am super excited about lately:(. But, I love this necklace. I stalked your shop when you revealed it, but I never saw it for sale, so I would die to win it! Good luck on your move!
Your sweet post put a smile on my face today which has not been an easy task. You have created such a warm, inviting, joyous little space here. As far as music goes, have you heard of Delta Rae? They’re pretty awesome. They have a great unique sound.
I hope you have a safe trip and find happiness in settling into your newest of homes for the year. All of your work is inspiring as well as extremely imaginative and thoughtfully created. I look forward to seeing what you come up with once you are able to work again after your move.
PS: I’m Loving the Lumineers and Of Monsters and Men these days with a bit of Waylon Jennings thrown in to spice things up!
Good luck on the upcoming move. I would love to check out the shop once you get settled in. I recently read The Sense of an Ending and found it really complex and interesting. I blasted through it, because it was just so good, but I recommend taking it slower than I did. You’ll get so much more out of it that way.
You are so sweet! Thanks for doing a giftaway! Reading your words and seeing your pictures helps keep me going through the day while I am living out cubicle life… Can’t wait to be done for the day to get my hands in some dirt this weekend! Good luck with your move and setting in.
Oh and my current soundtrack is the music from Nashville. I haven’t had much time for reading recently, but just picked up Madeline Albright’s autobiography last night.
I can’t wait to see the photos you take this summer!
Wild by Cheryl Strayed – Just finished this one and it is phenomenal. She is a storyteller like no other.
Ooh so lovely, girl! I’m always happy to see a new post from you *big smiles*
Currently, I haven’t started any new-to-be books, but I’m always re-reading through Spiritual Midwifery. I adore Ina May.
And thank you for sharing your life and so many good suggestions like the outlander series. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!
Hi :o)
I recently read “An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace” and it has changed my thought. Most of all, it has freed me up and broken some of the meal boxes that I (we) tend to get used to or think appropriate. I love her holistic stance. Good meals needn’t be complicated or hard – which is refreshing to hear amidst a lot of our food culture. I’ve always loved meal prose in fiction (thinking back on Little House on the Prairie) so this was a delight to read.
Thank you for sharing so much of who you are with us. As I’ve grown to know you over these past few years, I’ve shared in your joy, cried at your heartbreaks, rejoiced in your successes and continue to be joyful and proud of you for your growth as an artist and human. Love you.
We just signed up for the summer reading contest at our local library and today is our first day of summer break. Yee haw! I love reading kids books! I would also love to win this beautiful necklace. It has a timeless beauty about it.
Safe travels to you and yours and we’ll check in to see what new beauty you create this summer!
Hi, I love your prose, photos, jewelry…..in fact I have started to make my own jewelry and I love doing it after seeing yours. My next great challenge will be photography…I am saving up for my camera and classes!! Please add me for the possible necklace present…..thanks
one favorite book to reread again: dharma bums
rockin’ tunes for an in-the-car dance party: natasha bedingfield (unwritten)
favorite new jewels: dangly, leggy, spindly quakie earrings
summer plans: paddleboarding on a freezing cold lake so i dont fall in. orange toenails. dog playin’. porch sitting.
things to not take for granted: living your best life
For all that you are,
For all that you can be,
Thank you.
I can hear your heart pounding over the miles.
Sherri <3 (true North srong and free) xoxo
Thank you for making us better..you are a lovely part of my life. I don’t want to enter not because I don’t love to win, I do and I do love that design, but for reasons you know. I look forward to pictures of Methow or of along the way…of reading of your impressions…your book…it will be all delightful xo
Oh lady, your work is all kinds of gorgeous! I’m rather late to the games of thrones party, but I’m half way through the third book, and I can’t put it down!
Hello Jillian,
Thank you for sharing so much of you with us. I’ve come to love and even cherish the parts of the universe you so fully live in.
Latest great book read: Un loup est un loup, Michel Folco (in French – such a great book!)
Music: Martha Wainwright’s latest album
Hope you’ll have a wonderful, generous, safe and blessed summer. Looking forward to reading your posts,
Patricia
For the last month I have only been able to read textbooks for school. But I just picked up “This is your brain on music” and the first few chapters are great. I’m a music nerd and psychology major so…favorite subjects in one book?!? Yes please!
Thank you for offering a giftaway! My favourite book is, “Fall on Your Knees” – a modern classic I think. Canadian. But I like, “The Color Purple” and “Cold Comfort Farm” as they are unique in that the books and the movies are equally entertaining. That’s rather rare.
Hello from Ohio, you make my day when I read your blog, brings a smile to my face to see your beautiful pics and read your wonderous words.
Music-wise I can’t get enough of the band Passenger’s album All the little lights. Track 2 Let Her Go is what I play on repeat.
An old movie I just saw that I love is, “The Best Years of our Lives”
I think it’s from 1946.
Bests,
Rachel
Oh lovely lady, the thought of packing up and moving AGAin and only for a few months is daunting but the cabin you are going to and the airstream you get to work in because of the migration make me swoon. The ebb and tide of our lives is amazing… So I’ve been reading books– Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE NONE, good in a true classic sort of way but not life changing, A Paris Wife, thought provoking but not a soul stirrer and then I randomly ordered some Spanish Guitar music via link below…and ohhhhhhh, my goodness I can’t get it out of my head. So, on your travels may the dirt roads be graded, the wind gentle, and your sunglasses big and dark and glamorous!
Sarah
http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Spain-Spanish-Favorites-Guitar/dp/B00005V0WV/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1368826004&sr=1-4&keywords=spanish+guitar
Wishing you the safest of travels. And thank you for this great giveaway. I would not hesitate for one second to crack open a book written by the beautiful Plume. Speaking of books, my last to finish was Wild by Cheryl Strayed. The album that has been on constant repeat for almost a year in Strangeland by Keane.
I can’t wait for you to share your summer adventures with us. I know how much you love Pokey but Methow seams like a beauty too.
Holy cow. This is too good to be true. I Love you blog, your work, your words…in short, I’m pretty sure I’d like to be you if I wasn’t so darn happy being me. The best book I ever read was Ahab’s Wife (the fictional story of the woman who could have been / might have been married to Captain Ahab from Moby Dick). A great book. Music…too hard a category. Favorite sound changes by mood, and possibly time of day and work to be done. As for the hummus… Always. All meals are better with chick peas and lemon (and possibly kale). Thank you so much for sharing your blog with me. It makes my happy.
You are the best! Thank you so much for all you do! Your blog, your caring nature, everything. I feel I know you, and even my kids know you! “I love your necklace, Mommy!” “Jillian made it!” “Oh! Jillian! I love Jillian!” (Molly recently said this)
Anyway, I am currently rereading Anne of Green Gables!! So fun! I last read it when I was 10.
I wish you the very best summer!! LOVE that necklace! How wonderful of you!
I have loved being a part of this space for the past few years. It has been a joy to watch your work evolve, read your beautiful words, and take in your beautiful images.
I wish you safe and happy travels to your home for the summer!
Hello from London! Thank you for your blog. It`s been a lovely inspiration for my photographing. I`ve been listening to Mozart`s Hostias, such a beautiful music, love it!
Hi! Thank *you*, for the inspiration I (and so many others) find in your blog, your photos, & your jewelry.
Best book I’ve been savoring? “A Wave in the Mind,” a collection of essays by Ursula K. Le Guin… And I’ve been listening to a lot of The Civil Wars lately 🙂
Safe travels, best wishes for a smooth transition!
I’m listening to Icona Pop’s ‘I love it’ right now to get throught a tough work week. I forgot how powerful and mood chaning music can be. Its the only way I can survive urban living.
..mmmhmmm. I’ll just say HI – you’re wonderful, as usual!! For all the other times I blather on here … you’re still my favourite read in the interwebs!
xx
mel
needle and nest
Hi! I would wear that beauty proudly! xo
I’ve been listening to the Rusted Root station on Pandora. Happy music! Best wishes in your move! Cheers from Eastern WA (Yakima)!
i love reading your blog. Keep writing… it’s so inspiring and heart warming.
Have a lovely summer 🙂
Dearest Jillian, even though we’re just ‘blog acquaintances’ I truly believe that I discovered you and your work back in 2008 for a reason. You’ve been such a light, a presence through this crazy web-world and into mine! I’ve celebrated, cried, swooned, marveled, at your craft, life, adventures, writings, and photos. Time and time again, you pour your talent, time and heart into this space. Thank YOU for being you, and being TRUE BLUE!
My finger and toes are crossed for this one!
Happy Trails, ladybird!
All my love,
-lu
Wishing you well in your travels to Methow Valley! 🙂
You are a darling. Have a safe move, and always blare The Proclaimers, loudly with the windows open. At night, read My Faraway One, or VanGaugh’s Letters to his Brother.
Much love,xoxox
C
new homes take well to people who have a kitchen dance party their first night in, and a bookshelf filled with any book you can lay your hands on. (Walk Off The Earth’s new album R.E.V.O. is ideal for the aforementioned dance parties.)
wishing you an easy and happy move!
You and your jewelry are so so lovely
Favorite tunes as of late, I’m only slightly embarassed to admit are of the country pop variety. My dearest bff is recently enamored with Carrie Underwood, which I scoffed at in the beginning, wondering now my former ani difranco loving friend could have changed his stripes so quickly. Then he played “Cowboy Cassanova”, and “Last Name” for me on a recent visit. Now I blast them proudly and sing along in the studio…Amazing what some new tunes can do for your soul! Thanks for the opportunity to have these flowers around my neck! xoxo S
Wow, how lovely! Giveaway or no, books and music are my two favorite things to talk about!
Favorite *recent* books… Flight Behavior – Barbara Kingsolver; Born to Run – Christopher McDougall
On heavy rotation…Great Big Sea’s XX (greatest hits/anniversary compilation); Mumford & Sons’ Babel
Safe travels! 🙂
xo
Hey Jillian…
You inspire my to get on with things…
to see the small intricate beauty in all things
to explore
to create again after many many years
and remind me to stay true to myself…not what I think/hear others want.
Thankyou.
“Kings Of Convenience” (all of their stuff) on high rotation here for me…
love your work…
amy
Love your blog, love your jewelry, love your sweet soul. I would love to wear this beautiful bauble around my neck♥
Book: The Orchardist
Music: Cahalen Morrison and Eli West
Sending lots of love, hugs and kisses for you, RW and the menagerie as you make your journey to the Methow. MUAH!!!!
Xoxoxoxo
M
Thanks for sending the little bison nomad my way over here in Jackson Hole…now you have a whole new group of fans here in the valley – people can’t stop asking about the ring! I just finished “Refuge” by Terry Tempest Williams yesterday. What a moving, heartbreaking, and yet beautiful book. Hope your move goes smoothly – you’re headed off to one of my favorite places!
Thank you for all that YOU do! These days I’ve been listening to Fiona Apple’s album with the absurdly long title: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do. The songs “Every Single Night” and “Daredevil” are just too darn good! 🙂
my dearest pen pal,
Just this:
1. I have to say that i have been IN STITCHES over “How to be a Woman” by Caitlin Moran.
2. Also, you would love Cheryl Strayed’s memoir “Wild” about her 90-day solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail taken to assist her grief over losing her mother to cancer.
3. An amazing feminist expose “The Purity Myth: How the Virginity movement is hurting American girls.” Oh it was so riveting, enlightening, empowering, and maddening.
4. Halfway through this heartbreaking and beautifully written memoir “The Chronology of Water” by Lidia Yunkavich.
5. An AMAZING collection of poems by Brenda Shaughnassy called “Our Andromeda.” You can tell why I was attracted to it, also recommended by Cheryl Strayed.
Happy reading, and I can’t wait to see and hear of the progress of your work…in any and every capacity, for the rest of our precious lives.
J.
it’s pure loveliness to follow along with you on your adventures and journeys 🙂
I just finished reading a little book called “Almost Amish” — a return to simpler things, which was a good reminder amoungst the busy-ness of two little ladies.
Hope the move goes well!
-K.
Jillian, my dearest, you are wonderful, and I adore you and I think you know it 🙂
xxx
Susie
I’d be THRILLED to see more poetry from you! On the other hand, we kind of get poetry from you all the time; the way your brain works is poetry.
Here, since we get to say anything, I’ll say this; I started reading your blog after a friend linked me, but I was just sort of clicking on and off, until the day you posted the photo of you and your man just after he got back from firefighting… the same photo that’s under “I LOVE MY SMOKEJUMPER” now. I looked at that photo for a long moment, and I’ve checked every day to see if you’ve blogged since. Something about the way your joy just leaped at me through the screen… I couldn’t stay away after that.
Hello~~~
I have never win for giveaway but I want your necklace!!!
Love all of your works.
As an Idaho girl marooned by my tenure track job in the flat midwest, I thank you for your regular photos of sage brush, ponderosa pine trees, and mountains that look like home.
listening to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0L0fKWDJ0
reading this: http://insideofadog.com/
but a book of your poetry & prose sounds most delish.
thanks for the chance to win a box of plumey goodness ♥
Love your blog, your writing, your jewellery and would love to win the beautiful necklace in your giveaway. Safe trip and a happy summer!
Hello Darling Jillian…..
Love reading your blog….love your creative mind….and all that you do! Your words, photos,and amazing jewelry are a delight to the eye….and the soul!!!
My FAVORITE book, now and probably forever is JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young….Always always always….just what I need…just in time….if you don’t have it…I would LOVE to send you a copy!
Gonna go to lots of Country Concerts this summer….and make pretty jewelry.
Life is CRAZY GOOD….AND GOD IS EVEN GOODER!!!!! Blessings,
LOVE, CAROL
Hi! Thanks for keeping us in the loop on your goings-on.
Safe travels, remember where ever you live it is just a vessel for what really matters.
oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please…..I want to win:)
Your song makes me want to sing.
Thank you.
just a quick “you’re lovely” & “thank you for sharing” before i hop into bed for a hopefully verrrrrrrrry refreshing sleep! muah! xo.
I hope you have safe and happy travels, Miss Plume! Thank you for giving us an opportunity to own one of your beautiful pieces. You’re so sweet!
right now I am loving Fragrant Palm Leaves- which is a book composed from Thich Nhat Hanh’s journals in the 1960s.
safe travels!
Thank you so much for sharing your self with us! You are a generous soul, you.
Best book I’ve read lately: When Women Were Birds, by Terry Tempest Williams. You should get a copy. I just know you’ll love it.
xx
You are an inspiration to me.
I love your blog, your jewelry, your photos, your words, your airstream (wow) and your sweet pups.
Have a wonder filled summer and get to work on that book of poetry.
Hi Jillian! I started perusing your shop and reading your blog after a friend of mine met you this winter on a trip west and came home to tell me that she had met someone who had the “same spirit”. It’s true. So much of your writing and lifestyle resonates deeply with me. I always look forward to your updates. So, thank YOU! I’m currently loving the album “Landings” by a local band here in MN called Portage. I really enjoy reading children’s fiction at bedtime so I’m working my way through Tom Sawyer at the moment. Safe travels and enjoy that open road!
I can’t believe it’s time to return to the Valley. Why its seems you were just leaving. May you and your family have a very safe trip, settle in quickly and start rearing winged orphans as soon as possible. Additionally, safety to RW and his co-jumpers as the season begins anew.
xoxo
“Nightwoods” by Charles Frazier: Yummy!
And of course, I am still waiting for “you-know-who’s” book.
Dear Jillian,
I have to thank you in return. Thank you for your generosity, for your photos, for your jewels, for you way to look out nature, for your words. Like every morning (cause yes in france it’s just the morning!) i took my cup of tea after having breakfast and i sat down with my computer to read you. Almost every morning i go on your web site to read you, and ilt’s like opening a present. So thank you.
The book i’m reading already is from an English author (but i read it in french!) called Helen Simonson: “Major Pettigrew’s last stand”, and it’s completly english , when you read it it’s like sitting near by a great fire , with a cup of tea, listening the rain falling down the windows of the cottage in the english countryside.
And for the music, the sound in my head is actually from a french singer called Vanessa Paradis, maybe you know her, and her”love songs”.Delihgtful!
I wish you a good summer season for you and your smokejumper.
Love. Al (and again sorry for my english….)
hi 🙂 my best book is from clarissa pinkola estes: woman who run with the wolfes – contacting the power of the wild woman and actually i hear the wondervoice from woodkid.
thank you. i love your soul ♥
Hello from across the oceans– I’m in New Zealand, where autumn has well and truly arrived, painting the world outside in shades of red and gold. Your photographs, your writing and the beautiful things you create are a constant delight to me, and to hold a little piece of your world in my hands would be truly a blessing. Thanks so much for the opportunity, and I hope your summer is filled with all the very best things. xo
It’s my birthday so this would fantastic to win!
Have you heard any music from Sean Hayes? He’s my current fave. 😉
Hey Jillian,
I picked up “Gone Girl,” last night- we’ll see how I do with it. My friend, who reads all of the new books when they first come out, recommended it. 😉
I am honored to read your story and witness the beauty you create!! Safe travels to Methow and your summer home!!
<3
Hi Jillian,
Thanks for all the great posts, be safe in your travels and enjoy a great summer! xoxo
Hello Plume!
I can hardly believe the time has come for you to leave the gables and head west! It seems like you just got back… But, as before, I’m excited to see the changes this brings in your art and life. Just like the coming of a new season- I’m excited to see the wildflowers bloom, and to pick still-warm tomatoes… I’m sure the Methow Valley is excited to welcome you back as well.
I too would like to take a moment to give thanks, to you! For all the beauty you bring into my world. You are an inspiration- in pretty much everything that you do. When I saw the other day that you were painting on canvas, I said to myself, “Goodness! Is there anything this gal CAN’T do?” And I’m pleased to report that the answer is no! You remind me that whatever I want to do, I can do. I have everything I need, you know?
Well… Except for that darling sketch of a necklace. That would be a welcome addition to my world….
Hope your drive goes smoothly, and that Miss Maple glistens and giggles and sparkles all the way home.
Love, Beth
OH! and PS! My current discovery from the Library was a book called “The Feast Nearby,” by Robin Mather. It’s a collection of Essays and recipes, all regarding eating locally and well. I particularly enjoyed her granola recipe, and I’m setting out to make her gingered cornmeal shortbread cookies today. Yum!
~good morning…ever so kind is the heart and mind of yours…your first spring skeleton piece brought me from my quietness so here i am once more…
though tis not a book i do believe it could very well be…your writing of “fire wife” was moving beyond words…your words weaved within emotions painted a picture for all of us to see and feel…a glimpse of your life as a fire wife…was beautiful
The Time Travelers Wife was the last book I read…its one I find myself re~reading every now and again…
I wish you and yours well and you embark on your summer travels back to the valley…much love light and blessings shining brightly upon you~
what a lovely necklace to offer!
just finished the handmaid’s tale. not too long and worth the read.
Good luck with your move this year! I love following your blog.
Hey, Jilian,
I keep loving your blog and your art for more than two years now, whiuch I’m sure is no news, because you’re lovely:) But since you suggested also saying something concrete, I thought I’d share my all time favorite and constantly recurring musical addiction with the Complete Last Concert of the Modern Jazz Quartet. I just never get tired of listening to it. And while it might be more urban, than your art and words, it sometimes puts me in a similar mood:) So there! PLus, I love this necklace, which I would never be able to afford probably, but I can at least enjoy the look of it here:)
smiles
Neda
It makes me really pleased to think of you writing for publication this Summer.
Here is one person “holding you to it.”
And hands up for a signed copy PLEASE 🙂
xox
Hello, with admiration. xo
So exciting! Let’s see … favorite album right now is Beck’s “Modern Guilt”.
Best wishes on your journey.
Thank you beautiful one.
Oh lovely Plume, it is always so nice to stop by your blog. I live in a city, and love to see your pictures and read of your adventures outdoors, and the way you live your life with intention. You are a beautiful soul. Looking forward to reading about your summer adventures.
As far as books, just finished a collection of essays by Pam Houston “A Little More About Me.” And the first 2 books in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth were fun and fast reads. Musically, been downloading all the songs from the Nashville tv show, most of which are produced by T-Bone Burnett. Good stuff.
Safe travels to you and your pack,
Rachel
I can’t believe it’s moving time already!!
Have you heard “Volume 3” from She and Him? It’s new. I think you’d like it!
xoxo
WELL. you know I love a giveaway! I’ve been MIA lately from blogular since i’ve been so busy with my new job, but i’m here and i love you! right now, we’re at Wakaw for the long weekend. I’m currently sitting in the living room with lovely spring breeze blowing through the windows, listening to the CRAZY amounts of bird song – house sparrows, barn swallows, purple martins, orioles, chickadees, robins….i’m about to put a pork shoulder on to roast on the BBQ for the day (pulled pork for supper) and then we’re going to get the boats in the water this afternoon – steve is hoping we can get out for a sail or two before leaving tomorrow! i hope your move goes smoothly, and i hope you won’t be too lonely this summer. looking forward to hearing about your summer adventures!
love from springy sasky to you
xoxo
Hi Jillian
Thanks for YOUR kind words, and great thoughtfulness in yet another fantasic Giftaway!! You never cease to amaze and delight with all the many and myriad ways that your generous spirit gives forth!
I’m reading ‘tinkers’ by Paul Harding –am really enjoying it and trying to read it slowly —I find his writing so satisfying. Also reading ‘The Ecstatic Journey” by Sophy Burnham.
So let your good times roll girl!! Enjoy the journey and may it be a smooth and safe one for you and yours–God Bless
Wishing you safe travels with a band of angels as you make your way once more to the Summer camp. Looking forward to what summer brings for both you and I! Blessings to Robert as he enters the Fire season, and once again asking for a band of angels to watch over him while he serves our country and our forests. God bless you both!!
Janel…
Good morning jillian!
I’ve been listening to Chuck Berry! It’s no airstream, but I bought this little baby (http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10151656029130953&set=a.10150268759070953.367218.732925952&type=3&theater) for a 2 month drive to Alaska and back I’ve decided to call her “little queenie”. I have b een followng your blog since I found you a year ago and your work is amazing. Your writing is beautiful, your photography inspiring, and your work is a miracle!
Every time I see a new post from you in my feed it makes me feel so happy as I love what you write, I love what you make, and I love your images. You are a huge inspiration to me, thank you 🙂
Listening to Sayde Price, “Wilt All Rosy” over and over
again. Lovely necklace!
Thank you for the beautiful words you weave. I have yet to skim a post of yours. Instead, I save them until I can drink them in. Best wishes on your move!
Hi Jillian. Thank you for bringing a fresh perspective to everything you see! Living in NYC, it can be difficult to take a break from the urban landscape, and it’s so nice to stop by your blog and do just that. You have a beautiful spirit and your words are lovely.
I’m currently reading “the Mists of Avalon,” a favorite I’m revisiting, and listening to “One Tiny Thing” by 8in8. I hope your move goes well and that you enjoy your adventure.
Safe travels! ^_^
Another delightful giveaway I will have fingers crossed for…happy travels you lovely one. Thank you for shining a light whilst I sip my tea each time I visit here.
dear plume you have been a source of inspiration to me for several months. your connection to truth shines out in the beauty of your person, your words, your art!
with love
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson is a deceptively simple story full of beauty, spirit, and heartache. As the inscription says it’s “for the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts”. It’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time, and stayed with me long after I read it.
Wishing you safe travels and a happy summer!
You always get the most comments on the giveaway!
Anyway, Hi, like I’ve told you once before: love your blog, it’s truly inspirational and I love your lifestyle.
Music I’ve been currently playing: 90’s. love the Smashing Pumpkins.
And the bet book recently would be “the Fault in Our Stars”
I love your blog and fully agree with whomever told you to publish. Your writing takes me to a different world. Sometimes I feel like I’m drowning in city-living/preschooler-raising. Reading your blog posts reminds me that there is peace, deep thought, beauty-in-nature and open space somewhere out there. I’ll get back there. Someday. and I’ll bring my babies with me. Until then, I’ll let your writing take me on it’s wings when I need a breather. and try to revel in what I’ve got right now. (My son just turned to me and said, “I love to jump.” There is beauty in that simplicity, too, right?) 🙂
As always you amaze me with your craftsmanship.
I have been listening to alot of ‘of monsters & men’ ‘Lumineers’ & mumford all on Vinyl which is the only way to go.
As for reading, i have been going through another reading slump, which i HATE! I may scroll through your comments & see what everyone else is reading and take note.
Have a safe move.
Mumford and Sons, Summertime for a project…
Lovely giveaway! My favourite books at the moment are: Everyday Sacred by Sue Bender, PoemCrazy by Susan Wooldridge, Grace (eventually) by Anne Lamott
“Why worry trying to be normal? Be amazing!” said the woman who did my colonic this morning.
Thank YOU for sharing your world with us. You are a true source of inspiration! Your thoughtful words and photographs are daily reminders of the beauty in the world and people.
Just started reading A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold and I am LOVING it. Safe travels!
xx
Can’t wait for your summer adventures…..
safe travels! I’m reading the game of thrones series…
Just a big THANKS for all you post throughout the year. Each post is a lovely reminder to be outside, be who I am and embrace each and every moment just as it is. I am grateful.
Jillian, you are wonderful. I always look forward to your next post, and visiting this lovely space you’ve created. Please please publish a book – your words are too good NOT to be 🙂
Lately, I can’t get enough of Lord Huron’s album “Lonesome Dreams.” I think you would love it!
Please travel safe, dear, and thank you for sharing your joy and creativity with all of us.
thank YOU, dear jillian, for all that you put out into the world for our benefit! you are an endless source of inspiration and delight and have made a huge difference in my life.
last good book i read, although not new, was half broke horses. latest album on repeat around here was crystal gayle’s greatest hits– sometimes you just have to turn back time a bit to regain your voice. that one did it.
safe travels and delightful adventures to you and rw this summer! i look forward to some photos of you writing your book. you know how i feel about that.
now let the summer begin.
Oh, Jillian, thanks for the giveaway! I wish you all the best with settling down.
-Maija
Hi Jillian, what a lovely sentiment! After you were the winner of my giveaway you sent me some beautiful words that I cherish. Thank you.
you are the loveliest lovely….truly
yes
write
express
and continue to create
i love walking this journey knowing there are girls like you walking with me
blessings
love and light
no favorite book…..too many to narrow down to one….if I could maybe The Shack….or The Dance of the Dissident Daughter….or Women Who Run with Wolves…..see, just too many that I carry with me like precious diamonds…I recently was playing Ben Howard’s Every Kingdom to death….swoon…. : )
Just sprouted up to say, “hi”.
OH thank you for the excellent reading list, ladies and gents. Jillian, you continue to inspire and keep me on track in all things creative and meaningful. See you in fireseason via this interesting blog world we have found ourselves in.
After reading your previous post I put on the Old Crow Medicine Show Pandora station and made bunches of hummus!! Inspiring. I also wear one of your rings as an engagement ring!!! Love love love following your life.
i’m a latecomer today, visiting your site.
i told myself, she’s gone….she won’t have been posting….well HAHha THAT!! looks like i’m a straggler in the comment section!
i love “who” you are….the you you’ve become….and robert….and the pooches and the kitty and the chickens….
books? anything by cheryl strayed [like others in the comment section] and “the golem and the jinni” and i’ve been plugged in to teachings by pema chodron….
happy house-settling once you are in the methow!!
LOVE
Have loved all your words, pictures and wonderful jewellery since finding your blog in the fall, and you have captured my heart and I look forward to seeing how you live your life on a daily basis. I personally yearn to live in the west again and you keep that spark so alive everyday when I see you on the mountaintops. I’ve just finished reading Emily Carr’s lighthearted book “The Heart of a Peacock”, (she has certain ways of seeing her world that seem similar to you), and am listening and dancing to Earth, Wind and Fire. Saw them play last weekend in Windsor, Ontario and have their songs playing in my studio as I work away. Give a listen, it’s old school funk but so good you can’t help but move. Hope your move is safe and your new homestead a welcome sight, looking forward to seeing it. Happy day.
listening to a lot of Mumford & Sons…… is helping me deal with my mom passing.
I love your blog! makes me smile. 🙂
Jenn~
Love this delicate piece. I find new music I love, but I cannot escape Lucinda Williams anything, especially on a slow Sunday… Love your adventures!
Hi, happy moving! Busy gardening & listening to the Lumineers! Love all you do! 🙂
Hi!
Thank you so much for your beautiful work, your photo’s and just your life! Not much reading these days when I am mostly sewing and in the garden but I love a little music here and there! Favorite of the week is Alabama Shakes, beautiful down to earth music!
Hi!
Have a most wonderful fun summer in Methow Valley.
Am also on the Lumineers Bandwagon.
Love also “Birdy”, young British Girl.
Keep Happy :o)
Oh, aren’t we lucky to have this chance to win one of your incredible creations!! Wow! I don’t think I’d ever take it off!
I just finished reading ‘Ru’ par Kim Thuy – c’est un tout petit livre rempli des pensées poétiques … I really did love this little treasure. I think that it’s now been translated into English.
Thanks, Jillian, for your generosity! XX
Morning Plume (though it is night where you are),
I am still unplumed but hopefully not for long…you never know!
Much love and thanks giving back for your amazing work and soul,
Anastasia xxx
Hello Sweet PLume-O-Belle 🙂
I have be following your amazing adventures for a couple years now and I just think you are the bees knees!!! I love you and have never even met you, oh the wonders of the internet 🙂
Anyway, my favorite book right now is called “THe Jitterbug Perfume” Also, I have The Lumineers album on repeat most days. I just love dancing around, with my boys, to any song with a good beat 🙂
Good luck with the move!!
Dang, I just realized that im not the only one digging on the Lumineers!!!
I always wonder what happens to your kitty when you leave her.
Never Cry Wolf, and listening to Miranda Lambert!!
Safe travels to your gypsy soul.
Hello Jillian 🙂
Currently I am reading Anne Of Green Gables (finally!), and also loving the band Cold War Kids 🙂 I hope you settle in well for the summer, and can’t wait to hear from you soon 🙂
Love Britt
No thank YOU!!!!
For being the most wonderful and inspirational writer I have discovered in a very long time. You weave the words that are in my heart, but that get stuck before reaching the tip of my tongue. And you offer a window into the life I only wish I was brave enough to venture out into. xo
Hi Jillian, I’ve already claimed your fluttering and love it to pieces. I’d gift this beautiful necklace to my daughter who loves your work as much as I do. Good luck with the move. I hope it goes smoothly and easily for you. 🙂 I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed until your post from the little cabin in the woods.
reading Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. It’s lovely words.
Hello from Sydney, regular reader of your blog! Your world is nearly the polar opposite of life down here!!! Love your doggies and your landscapes are inspirational…thanks for sharing! No books…but listening to Angus & Julia Stone. ❤
You brighten my day! Best book I have read recently is ‘The Long Weekend’ by Veronica Henry
xx
Dear, Sweet Jillian,
Have you ever read the journals of May Sarton? Personally, your writing appeals to me more but I often think of her when I am reading your tender, insightful, sometimes raw accounts of the moments of your life. You really are a gifted artist. You are much younger than I so I can look forward to your words and art accompanying me for as long as I am in this world. I like that idea.
Jillian, I follow your work on etsy but have not ever followed your blog. I am going to start following, looks very lovely. I would buy more of your work if I could. Keep it coming, it is wonderful what you put out into the world.
You are the most beautiful person I’ve never met. Thank you for sharing your life and work with us all. <3
Jillian,
I sure do love your colorful life!!! Full of nature and your strong spirit is such a bright spot in my life!
~Allison
hello, lovely! boys & girls by alabama shakes is in my earbuds constantly these days, as well as anything by sharon jones and the dap kings. give ’em a listen and just try to sit still.
thanks for being in our world!
molly
I’m not trying to cheat and enter twice, but I just read your comment and thought..eh, I’ll google Alabama Shakes. OMG. What a voice! I’m swooning!
Hi Jillian – I’m such a fan of your work! Your words, your images, your jewelry – amazing. I never cease to be inspired after “visiting” with you, so I offer my heartfelt thanks for that gift. I’ve never yet been quick enough to be able to purchase something but hopefully my luck will change one day 🙂
I’m currently reading Enormous Changes At The Last Minute by Grace Paley and relishing every word. And I’m listening to Laura Mvula’s new album Sing to the Moon over and over and over again. Such a revelation!
Best of luck with your move and I look forward to reading about your new adventures!
xo,
Terry
Your blog is my little sanctuary. I love your writing, love your jewelry and I love your spirit.
I am an aspiring metalsmith trying to find my voice in my work, its a process and its never dull. You are an inspiration.
Right now, Im listening to David Byrne and St.Vincent’s Album, Love This Giant. It’s my studio “house music”.
Peace, Love and Pickle
Hello from Michigan!
I love seeing your world. Many thanks for this giftaway!
You are such a beautiful inspiration to me. xo
about to start reading Collapse by Jared Diamond and hear of the wonders of this world he puts into words.
currently listening: Gregory Alan Isakov, brilliant comfort music.
endless thanks for you powerful words and vulnerable heart to share.
hi there. i have been working so diligently in my garden this spring, reading all i can about pruning and care for the roses and perennials i already have and putting together my garden wishlist…all the while minding my self care as i mourn the loss of my dad, and enjoying what i have, my health, my little family, the kitty santa brought, our home and what i hope to accomplish this year. thank you jillian for sharing so much of your world, inside and out…tess
Jillian, you’re so sweet. I just have to tell you how many compliments I receive on my ring and birdie earrings… every time I wear them… millions. Seriously, everyone loves them. 🙂
Good luck on your summer journey!
XO
Bethypie
Whew! My hand is tired from scrolling all the way to the bottom of these comments! So much love going on, it’s wonderful.
My current read is called, “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood” (I cannot remember the auther’s name at the moment, I’m sorry). It’s about the deforestation of Longleaf pine forests in the US. It’s a beautifully written book that I think you’d love. Speaking of, we should start a book exchange!!!
Reading how you side with Love in the face of life’s challenges makes it easier for me to do the same: you are the creator of beauty on so many levels!
Beautiful necklace! A good book I just read – The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
well of course i would comment on this! not so much for the giveaway (though if my name gets drawn you know i’ll squeal up a storm), but just to say i’m thinking of you because i know life must be completely up-heaved at the moment. as always, all my love from across the world.
went to see eilen jewell, from boise, idaho recently. if you don’t her, you should. correspondence will now go to summer address. i’ll need to look that up & make sure i have it…
xxxooo
Hi Jillian,
I am so thankful for your blog. It’s such a good retreat for when I’m missing beloved Idaho. I just read “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed. Amazing book. Best wishes on your upcoming move.
C
I can’t stop listening to Unhappily Married by the Pistol Annies. Cracks me UP!
Enjoy your summer up in the valley!
Just read Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. So good!!
Looking forward to hearing about your moving adventures! Best wishes for a smooth transition. The last book I read was Jenny Lawson’s Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, which was incredibly funny and endearing. Prior to that, I read Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. xxx
I read The Orchardist last week, it was the most lovely book! I would absolutely would recommend it for anyone and everyone. Chopin’s writing about the nature around us and in us is beautiful.
Happy travels!
I have following your blog for a few months now, and always come away inspired. Thank you for sharing with us!
Just finished Junot Diaz’s This is How You Lose Her. A beautiful bit of prose, separated into short stories. It’s a quick, funny, heartbreaking read.
A
You’ve already read my favorite book – its the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon! Thanks for letting us share your world.
xoxo you’re amazing 🙂
First of all, I don’t always leave a comment, but I read your posts everyday. I adore your work, and think you are so talented! When I check your shop, it is usually empty. I guess that is a good problem! I wish I could say that I have read a great book lately, but I haven’t. Lately when I get a chance to read, it is always a cooking magazine. I am obsessed with them and subscribe to far too many! I LOVE this necklace, but I know only one luck person will get it–so good luck all. Have a wonderful summer!
XO
Beautiful necklace! I found your blog via Posie Gets Cozy earlier this year, and have been visiting ever since. I love your words, your images and all that you share. I must second or third Wild by Cheryl strayed as a good read. If you are in the mood for a Light mystery there is the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. It begins with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Such a fun, good, light, easy entertaining read. Safe travels to your summer home. And I would love to see more airstream pictures.
The Garden of Emuna…. ah a life changer for me.
Have a fab journey!
Gorgeous necklace!!! One of my favorite books (an urban masterpiece but which should be vivid enough to touch a nature-lover like yourself) will always be “Coin Locker Babies” by Ryu Murakami, I read it first in high school and it changed my life.
Have a beautiful journey!
I love your work. Always inspiring.
Hi! Always read, rarely comment… have a wonderful journey to Washington!
The outlines of spring.
The scent of cherry blossom trees, followed by lilacs.
Rain.
Dew dripping from leaves, creeping up from the grass.
Rolling clouds, sweltering sun.
Wind.
Snowing blossoms.
Birds hop hopping. Chirp chirping.
The scent of life.
shy hi from finland! Never stop listening this: Ninni Poijärvi´s album Virta and from the album a song called lasiparveke.
You are an inspiration, thank you!
love,
johanna
I recently read several books on fairies. The one I liked best was Ink&Steel by Elizabeth Bear. I hope you gather many bits and pieces of inspiration and revelation on your summering grounds!
Out Stealing Horses by a Norwegian author, Per Petterson.
(You will devour it…ever so slowly)
Looking forward to seeing more pictures of LCITW! And MMITW! Hehe
And don’t forget, we’re suppose to go arrowhead hunting next spring.
x
We should all be thanking you my dear!!!! Wishing you a lovely summer in the Methow Vally – filled with adventure, abundant beauty, inspiration and community. Look forward to your return to bloggy land.
Oh Jillian, it’s been a pleasure watching you grow as an artist and following your lovely adventures with that wonderful man of yours.
xoxo,
Cathy
I finally read The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron. I loved the movie and have watched it over and over. I finally bought the book and devoured it. Sentimental and melancholy.
hello noisy plume,
love love love your creativeness, simplicity, and how you just get it right.
you inspire me to stand still and live in the moment.
ali
Jillian,
I’m so excited you get to return to Wa. The PNW has my heart and always will. I have spent some time in the method valley, few places compare to the dramatic beauty it holds. One place that does, and I think would be very inspiring for you as an artist are the San Juan islands. Born and raised there, I never cease to be amazed by the loamy damp forests, the rocky beaches and the slower way of living. Happy trails, enjoy your summer.
Methow.*oops.
Oh Jillian! You are amazing! Thank you for being the amazing radiant splendiferous YOU that you are, and not only that, but sharing yourself and your life with all of us so beautifully. Happy moving! I hope it is as exciting and hitch-free as possible. Let’s see… I am reading a series of mystery novels by Jacqueline Winspear. They are set in England in the 1920s… kind of like Upstairs Downstairs or Downton Abbey… but featuring a woman detective. I have been enjoying them on the deck in the sun with a glass of home-brew iced tea. 🙂
Hello Jillian, I’m loving this series! Currently reading Crimson China which i picked up in the library. It’s a story based around a cockling disaster (cockles are shellfish, do you have them in US?) which occurred in Morcambe Bay in the North of England where 21 Chinese illegal immigrants died. Not as depressing as it sounds! The focus is on the three central characters and their relationships. Listening to lots of music in my car, First aid kit, Led zep, The Bees and in the house Cate le Bon and Delta Swamp rock xxx
I think you are lovely. And I still owe you the care package I talked to you about sending last year. I’m the world’s worst mailer. It is improved over last year, at least. Will tweet you!
I think you are lovely. I still owe you the care package I mentioned last year – I am the worlds worst mailer! It’s got better stuff now! Will tweet you on the tweeter
I love the necklace!
Love the jewelry. Love the blog. And follow you on flickr. Hope to one day score one of these giveaways.
Safe travels! I am looking forward to reading about all your summer travels 🙂
Wishing you well!
xoxo
Hello Jillian!
Until now, I was just a silent reader. Not for any reason in particular, it’s just that I’m not used to speak or write in english, as I’m from Argentina.
I got to know your blog thanks to another blogger from here, and since then, I just can’t stop entering to see if you’ve posted something new, or seeing once again and again all your beautiful works of art and love. It complete and absolutely inspires me! I already spoke of you to some friends and even my mother! I just can’t believe what you do, it’s very beautiful.
I believe such things are priceless and at the same time I understand every piece of work deserves and needs to have its own value (speaking of money). In Argentina our local value of money is completely devaluated so, although I’d LOVE to buy some creation of yours, just to carry within myself something made by your hands and admire its beauty everyday, I just can’t afford it (at least nowadays, maybe in the future…).
Anyway, I found this thankful giveaway of yours an opportunity for me to get a treasure from you. Thanks for sharing yourself with us, I love to read you and see with all my self each new thing you create.
Greetings and love from Argentina!
Hi
thank you
<3
What a beautiful necklace Jillian – just love it! A light delight of a book I’ve recently read is Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson written in 1934, set in a small village in England. The premise – a spinster’s dividends have run out and in desperation writes a book about her village/villagers to provide some income. She writes truthfully and innocently about her neighbors and doesn’t quite understand why some of her readers find her book hilarious and some are quite angry about it. (She doesn’t sufficiently hide her characters identities as the pseudonyms are quite similar to their real names 🙂 Anyway, it’s the kind of book that makes you want to sit down with the author for a chat over a cream tea. Just wonderful!
I just finished reading Damascus Nights, and while it isn’t one of my favorite books, it did introduce me to the music of Umm Kulthum. I’m a little embarrassed that I hadn’t heard of her before, but now I can’t get enough of her voice, inflection; the instruments. Immediately transported to the other side of the world.
Jillian you are lovely. Thanks for getting me through so many life humps and motivating me to enjoy them.
So beautiful and generous, Jillian. Thank you!
It’s been awhile since I read it, but Cutting for Stone is still the best thing I’ve read recently. Best of luck with the move this summer!
Dear Jillian, thank you so much for your beautiful and inspiring words, pictures and artwork!
Hello! I am absolutely smitten with Alabama Shakes right now. Her voice booms confidence and joy-and they are quite a sight to see live! Thank you for allowing those of us who have not had the chance to wear a piece of your art to do so.
Love the necklace, love your giving heart, love reading all these recommendations! That’s a lot of love!
I recently read “To the Wedding” by John Berger and liked it very much.
I’m going to treasure your book. In fact, I already do.
Dear Jillian,
You have such a beautiful and bright spirit. Thank you for being you and sharing all your wonderfully inspiring work, writing and adventures with us all! Wishing the best of luck to you as you journey to your new home.
<3
Oh and I last read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and have been listening to Lake Street Dive and the folk duo Shovels and Rope. Fantastic music. 🙂
You’re awesome.
Hiya! I’ve stalked your work for many, MANY moons – we’re on our honeymoon right now, driving up and down the California coast like beautifully insane people. On our travels, we stopped by an amazing winery called Harvet Moon, met a young lady with my own first name, and bought a CD based soley on her referral – Alison Harris “Smoke Rings in the Sky” … it has accompanied us for 3 days and is endless and wonderful. Easy folk listening with open, harmonious trills of everyday life. I think you will love it.
Also, if you’re ever in Santa Rosa, you should go to the Charles M Schulz museum … it’s a hoot 😉
thanks for sharing your beautiful art and thoughts! lately i’ve been digging medicine for the people’s new album, dark as night.
Carole King on repeat. Brautigans words before I slumber. Mechanical Pencil and markers in my hand for the world to see.
I recently read Annie Proulx’s book, Birdcloud. It’s about her buying land and building a house on it in the wilds of Wyoming.
Love your blog, always and forever! So much inspiration to be found on its pages.
Wishing you a summer of wonderful creativity and your smokejumper a summer of safe days…
I’ve been listening to the album “Songbird” by Eva Cassidy. Love, love her soulful voice. And I’ve been reading “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed and “Spontaneous Happiness” by Dr. Andrew Weil. I usually sit down on Monday mornings, right after dropping the kids off at school, to read your posts. It’s been close to a year now and I have enjoyed your writing so much. Thank you. 🙂
Oh gosh…. not much time to read around here lately as the sun is finally shining, the leaves are out and the garden(s) must be planted. Spring is very late here in Northern Manitoba!!
One of my very favorites is “Book of Negros”. I tell everyone to read it. I was totally captivated by the story.
Safe travels this summer…. all the best to you and yours.
Stay well.
“A New Earth”, by Eckhart Tolle changed my life.
Thank you for this generous offering! All the best to you and your lovely family
Hi Jillian!
LOVE your writing and work! Best wishes to you and safe travels. 🙂
I love your space. I didn’t at first because I was envious, but over time I began to see how down to earth you are and I appreciate both your work and your writing. I love how you see things and wish you would write a memoir or a book of essays that could be taken from the blog. Someday I am going to hit the blog at the right moment to catch a piece of your jewelry before it is snatched up from your shop. Coming here is both a respite and an inspiration.
Hello fom dry, windy Alberta! Wishing you a fabulous summer, for both you and Robert.
I have always loved what you do!
Have a good summer!
Felicia
Hello from England, wishing you a beautifully creative and wonderfully happy summer. xx
Just yesterday I was looking through ‘The Selby Is In Your Place’ book… I think he would pretty much swoon at your Airstream…
Just remember this, above all else: You done it before, you’re doing it now, and you could possibly do it in the future. God doesn’t give you anything you can’t handle. Only things that make you stronger. And you, my strong woman of the wild (ha!) are strong.
P.S. remember what you said? Be RW’s Fire Wife 🙂
Good blessings.
You never cease to inspire! What a fine giveaway treat! Fingers crossed that I may be plumed! love…love…love
Jilly Sue,
I hope this note finds you well and that your move to the forest is smooth! I did a winter seeding of poppies and I am certain one will bloom this weekend with a little sun that’s predicted. I can’t wait. I also want you to pick me to win this necklace, oh what luck that would be! Have an amazing weekend, BABE! xoxo, Biz
ps. Hubs said our next puppy after this one may have to be a GSP, because he liked the size of Tater!!!!
Oh Dear{est}…
Am I too late?
I thought of you today…Something in the way the clouds moved…
xo
It’s a lunar eclipse and the joints in my fingers are out of breath from scrolling down to enter this here comment.
Right now I’m finishing a brilliant read about a saxophone-playing bear who quotes Rumi — The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor which ended up winning the PEN/Faulkner Award, and it was Zabor’s first novel.
Have fun on your rolling travels, Plume. You’re a soul vivante. A moon with a waggedy tail…
What a generous giveaway! After writing this comment I will listen to soft jazz on my tunein app on my iphone, while I read 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. While I do that, I will cross my fingers. I would love to win this beautiful piece by your hand. I wear my Specimen earring almost every day.
…always so generous, with your writings/musing and your giveaways! I hope you’re settling into your Summer Routine well. I think it would be hard to move, especially after reading about your love for your Idaho.
Reading ‘The Rainbow’ by DH Lawrence right now. I just put the book down, and am curiously surprised how well DH seems to understand women. Perhaps he just understood humanity. Anyway, it’s a pretty good read– nice to read some pretty language.
It is always so fantastic when you decide to do a giveaway- thank you for your generosity!
I am currently reading Stephen King’s short story, “The Body,” which conjures up everything fantastic about Summer as an adolescent…“A great whispering noise began to rise in the woods on either side of the tracks, as if the forest had just noticed we were there and was commenting on it.” Adventures, epiphanies, mistakes, risks, lessons, heart… forming deep bonds with other people who are over-flowing with life,
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 – Jesus, did you?”
Love, love, love you!
I’m currently listening to “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on repeat because I’m playing the narrator in an upcoming production! Do you remember back when we were wee, when we auditioned as a choir with Miss Phoebe?
have loved your blog since i stumbled on it back in 09 after purchasing a gorgeous necklace from your shop. you are beautiful jillian. and the album currently on repeat for me is Through the Deep, Dark Valley by The Oh Hello’s.
I am loving “let’s explore diabetes with owls” by David Sedaris… He always make me laugh. love to you plume and good luck with your move. I can’t wait for the wonderful pictures that will come from there 🙂
Hello dear Jillian,
Your blog and your photos, your art and your connection with nature and your generous soul make me happy! Yours is the only blog I read regularly, and I come here when I want to rejuvenate my soul. Thank you for your lovely gift to the world, many lives are much richer for it.
Howdy! I, too, just made my annual summer move–south to the Tetons! I am an avid reader, checking your blog is a favorite schoolwork procrastination technique of mine : ) Currently, I am reading “Rambunctious Garden” by Emma Marris–which I think you would love–exploring a reinvention of our definitions of wildness & nature to include those flourishing green, abandoned lots on the outskirts of town, proliferous non-native species, and even manicured tree plantations. It is a radical call to action–but a proactive & optimistic one!
Although it’s sad to go away from hearth and home I know how much you LOVED your time last summer and know that you can expect new joys and adventures this summer. Have a safe trip!
wishing as always for a gift of your art…
tender piece of love.
Hey J, here’s to a great summer …YEEHAR cowgirl!! X
Hi Jillian, Can I tell you much I love wearing your earrings and necklace? Well, I just did! Makes me feel good all over…happy traveling and show us what you create in your new whiz-bang toaster oven!
As usual, this necklace is stunning! Thanks for this great giveaway! It may sound silly, but it makes me happy just to read about it.
The best book I’ve read recently is Great House by Nicole Krauss.I think this is a book that you might like very much…
Have an amazing season at the little cabin in the woods! *loved* the chicago photos! and i literally just finished making the hummus — mmmmm : )
Hi love,
My dear friend Louisa roams this earth adorned by your beautiful creations. Your works are splendid. I have been watching your etsy account fascinated by your creative genius.
In a round-about way I stumbled upon your blog of being married to fire today. I too married fire. Somehow, I think my firefighter marriage came from needing someone to put out my fiery little mama badger qualities. I am fire element and he is water. He teaches me to bend and fold, & graceful ways to rage and fall. I teach him to glow and create your own paths, burning over the tops or creeping the floors. The balance is beautiful.
Your writing reminded me of the summer ahead, here we go! Ooo those sweet nights of that elusive smokey man crawling into bed w me and the passion that follows. And those lonely long weeks of my babies asking if daddy put the fire out yet. Here we go!
Here’s to an amazing summer with our loves safe -cheers-
My creative genius comes in the form of bodywork/massage/healing, come see me if that man is feeling broke after another season of jumps. That’s where my fiery badger medicine is most productive.
Hope to meet someday,
Nichelle in Pocatello
thank you! thank you for your words, your images and your work.
The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert. It will change your life, trust me! Well, my odds aren’t great of winning this beautiful necklace, but here goes!
Love love love the necklace! Your work is beautiful…
Hi Jillian, you have been an inspiration for years. Thank You.