Category: Tales from a Shopkeep

• May 8, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  This weekend was FULL of wonderful-ness for us at Gather, and in Bloomington. This weekend marks the end of the IU spring semester and a time when the town calms down a bit (only a bit) and comes back to ‘us’.  It was also Gallery Walk and Mother’s Day!! So, three big things happening all…
• May 1, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep (part 2)

  So, yeah, I cheated. I back-dated that last post and wrote it earlier today (shh, don’t tell) so that chronologically, when I look back on this in three years and think to myself, “Wha…?!” I’ll  go, oh right, you were insane that weekend, but wanted to pretend like everything was perfect! Haha! Just kidding. I’ve…
• April 24, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep (part 1)

  I’ve missed writing to you the past couple of weeks! I’ve been down and out – first emotionally, then physically, and eventually mentally — life of a shopkeep (and a mama, wife, maker!). I have a lot to write about though – so much has happened the past few weeks in my absence, and I…
• April 19, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  This week we spent gearing up for Little 500 and all that accompanies that here in Bloomington. We had a great week, and weekend in the shoppe. Unfortunately, my heart isn’t quite into writing much more than that. On a personal level, we had a death in the family that sent us up north for…
• April 10, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  Ahh yes, another week in shopkeep land has come and gone. This week  the weather has proven to be quite interesting, with snow, sleet, hail, a freeze overnight and winds from out of this world. More than that though, this shopkeep has been a busy bee in the back of Gather, working in the Conduit…
• April 3, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  Another week, another blog post. I’ll be honest – I don’t (feel like I) have much to write about this Sunday. Our week went by pretty uneventfully. The weather was interesting (rain, wind, more rain, more wind), the ebb and flow of the shoppe continued in its spring haze, and then the weekend came. With…
• March 27, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  This week (for Gather, and myself) was a little like second spring break. See, I have a younger brother who is 14, and he lives in my hometown about 3 hours north of here with my folks. Traditionally he comes down and spends a few days with us over his spring break to escape the…
• March 20, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  This week was our Spring Break here in Bloomington – if you have any connection to the school systems that is. And, well, we do. Our little (and bigs) are in three different schools, on three different schedules, and thus, our schedule was definitely turned upside down (in a good way) this week. Bloomington slows…
• March 13, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  This past week absolutely flew by – I can’t believe seven days has actually passed since the last time (the first time) I wrote one of these. But, it has. And the week we’re coming into will be lazy and filled with family, and so I’m excited to share with you what the week before…
• March 6, 2016

  Tales from a Shopkeep

  Thus begins the start of a hopeful & long (renewed) courtship with writing and my life. Here I hope to lay forth the weekly tales of what it means to own a little boutique in Bloomington, IN and the experiences that come with it. Each week I yearn to share with you the stories that…