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Love is a Spectrum

A young man with light brown hair and blue eyes is sitting and smiling. He is wearing a sleeveless pink shirt and appears relaxed. The background shows a window and a white wall.

This evening, Raimee and I participated in an interview with a producer from the Netflix series, Love on the Spectrum. For those of you who may not be familiar, Love on the Spectrum is a reality show that invites those outside of the world of autism- as well as those within it- to experience the […]

The Renaissance Project

Three people walk away on a leaf-covered trail through a forest of tall, bare trees in autumn, with shades of brown and a path leading into the distance.

In light of recent events and the conversations that have followed (see Tubing While Autistic Facebook post), I feel inspired to share about a project that is slow in the making but full of energy and passion towards moving- as quickly as possible- towards becoming a reality. I love our farm, Blawesome. I love all […]

Awareness

Blue shirt with bold black text that reads, SOMETIMES I TALK TO MY BURRITO.

My husband, Keith, and I spent a good part of our early adulthood traveling around the country and following the Grateful Dead. Between the two of us, we have been to several hundred shows, and fondly remember (or mostly remember) our beautiful and crazy experiences bouncing from east coast to west with a splendid community […]

Opportunity

A display table featuring dried flower arrangements, candles, books, a Venmo QR code, a tan baseball cap, and brochures, with more dried flowers hanging behind on wooden racks.

What do we mean when we talk about social care? Inclusivity? And celebrating diversity? Often, it takes a group of folks intimately involved with people who experience and process the world in a different way to energize a movement towards celebrating and acknowledging the unique contributions they have to offer to our communities through their […]

Ripples of Goodness

A person sitting on a wooden bench holds a large bouquet of vibrant gladiolus flowers in shades of purple and orange, smiling in front of a rustic wooden fence.

There is a story I had wanted to share in recognition of Pride month, but June turned out to be an especially difficult time for our family, and in the midst of wading my way through some personal and professional hardships, my intentions disappeared along with the days. As diversity is something we honor 365 […]

Mother’s Day 2022

Numerous flower bouquets wrapped in light pink translucent paper are arranged closely together, featuring a mix of colorful blooms and greenery.

For the first time since Blawesome’s inception, our Mother’s Day orders were assembled, picked up, delivered, and shipped by 6pm today. Needless to say, I am tired. But I am OH.SO.GRATEFUL. It has been a season of hard transitions, endless work, worry, and peripheral challenges. But we have an extraordinary community at our side, supporting […]

The Long, Black Table

Colorful bouquets of assorted flowers, including tulips and ranunculus, are arranged in black buckets and a glass vase on a table, with more loose flowers and stems spread out in the foreground.

In the studio at Blawesome there is a long, black table. Over the course of the day, as the harvests come in and the work begins in earnest, the table becomes full of the colors of Mother Nature’s abundance. It is piled high with flowers from our gardens, every vibrant shade of color in the […]

Celebrate LOVE

A person wearing a blue plaid shirt and jeans stands on a small balcony with a metal railing, in front of a modern building with large windows and light-colored siding. Trees are reflected in the window.

Back in 2019, when we built the house next door for Raimee, I went to Lowes to purchase appliances for the kitchen and ended up having a long conversation with the sales associate. I explained to him that we were building a home for our adult son, who has autism, and I was very particular […]

The Ripple Effect

Two vases on a black surface: one brown with white lisianthus flowers, and one dark gray with yellow sunflowers. The vases are shown together in the first photo and separately in the next two.

I am drawn to simple vessels that do not pull attention away, but rather create a frame that draws out the beauty of the flowers within. I was initially drawn to Haand’s Ripple Vases collection for this reason, but the more I work with these thoughtfully-designed pieces, I find that this collection speaks to me on multiple levels. […]

Autism Awareness – Reality Ministries

A person in a blue shirt and shorts examines tall green plants in a sunlit garden, surrounded by lush greenery and trees in the background.

Raimee was diagnosed with autism when he was 18 months old. I remember driving home with Keith from the hospital that afternoon, wrapped in absolute silence, feeling a weight and solemnity that I cannot even begin to describe. After reviewing the diagnostic criteria with us, the doctor at Johns Hopkins gave us a book called […]