I’m Nicole Knutsen.

My story always begins at home-my favorite place to be-with my people, my very handy husband and our three school aged children. An introvert at heart, there is nothing I like better than to stay in to read, drink multiple cups of tea, and make things. I am a maker of all sorts. Among my favorite creative endeavors are crochet and knitting, sewing, essays and poetry, bread baking, and the occasional watercolor experiment. I also have an inner gardener that has yet to make her mark on the world-but there is always room to learn, and there is nothing I love more than learning! Keeping my hands busy helps to balance out my very active mind, quieting the inner noise as I also seek ways to find peace in my surroundings.

I am passionate about living a life in apprenticeship to Christ; this is the foundation on which I build all other aspects of my identity. Simplicity has become an integral discipline of freedom in the pursuit of this life. From the way I schedule my days, to the way I shop and have ownership over objects, to the way I pursue relationships-nothing is untouched by my commitment to a simple life, mindful of the ways in which I am tied to the rest of creation. I am likewise deeply invested in the pursuit of embodiment and incarnation, the full presence of Imago Dei made manifest in me, and in you. You will see this as a recurring theme in all I offer here. My hope is to express and record my experience with the freedom of simplicity and the utter magic of incarnate living.