Renegade Lily

Hello. If you happened on this blog, I welcome you. If you are one of my friends and relations, I hope you get a kick reading about what is going on with me.

I am starting this blog as a way to figure out what the next step in my life will be. I had been working my way through a dissertation for a PhD in Francophone studies. I spent seven years struggling to finish until one morning sitting in front of my computer I had a moment of clarity. I did not want to be an academic.

This was about a year ago. Around this same time I started to discover a creative side that I never really developed. I started sewing, discovered Pinterest, and generally threw myself into crafty activities. I realized I have never been happier then when I was crafting. This is what I want to do with my life.

So now I am going to start a blog about my efforts to make something out of the realization. I also decided to open an Etsy shop. Perhaps other people will like my stuff, perhaps I am just doing this to make me happy. Either way it seems to be the right thing to do.

Now I am not quitting my day job as a bookseller, but I am also looking for for a better option. Maybe something that will allow me to get my own place again. I live with my older sister and her family. You might see them featured once in awhile.

I hope you enjoy my exploration of craftiness and tolerate my philosophical musings. I might talk about books that move me and products I like.

I hope you enjoy my blog. Please let me know what you think.

Danielle