Wall of Heroes

writer surrounded by the faces of her heroes

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 30 Comments

I've always been drawn to the aesthetic of collage, and my office door in our house is a perfect example. Actually, two examples---the door to the room that used to be my office (now our guest room) is entirely collaged with stickers about books and reading and travel and ocean and prayer, with some photos … Continue reading Wall of Heroes

The Lost Map

watercolor map of the world, with pins in many countrires

November 15, 2025November 16, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 22 Comments

WordPress used to have a widget I loved. I love maps in any case---I'm a certifiable cartophile, and this map I loved in particular. A blogger could put this widget on the side of the page, and its map showed all the countries in which the blog had been read. SO cool. I can still … Continue reading The Lost Map

On Hobbits & Hobbit-Holes

October 11, 2025October 11, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 4 Comments

One of my favorite coffee mugs was a gift from my sister, covered all over with "famous first lines" of novels. I have a degree in English literature, and I still had to look a few of them up---I guess they can't all be "Call me Ishmael." But I do think there's one first line … Continue reading On Hobbits & Hobbit-Holes

I could be better but I could also be a lot worse

Lovely picture. As someone who cannot for the life of me write poetry, I find myself entranced by yours.

Exactly 💯.There is no place like home 🏠

Whew!--You are clearly not sharing our winter storm-weather. It's spitting freezing rain outside, and yessterday's wind-storm shredded several panels of…

It's funny how the COMFORT is what comes through in memory, more than the sick-ickiness...