Sydney Frusti | Author & Creative Mind

Month: May 2023

  • Disrupting the Status Quo

    There’s a fairy tale I often think about that involves a farmer with lots of children.  He complains about how little space he has and dreams of the day he can buy a big farmhouse to fit everyone.  A wise old woman tells him how he can fix his problem–bring all the chickens inside the…

  • Etsy Shop Announcement

    Secret Project #1 is ready for launch: my Etsy shop is now open for business! I’ve been working on this idea for a while now, and I’m so excited to finally share it with the world. As anyone who’s been to a game night with me knows, I love dice. And table games in general,…

  • Turning Points: Mother’s Day 2023

    Mother’s Day is different for me, now that I’m a mom.  It’s not so much that I’m included in the festivities, although that’s special too.  It’s different because I see my own mom in a new light.  All the years of sacrifice, the hardship, the open arms and encouraging words–parts of my childhood that I…

  • Holistic Housekeeping

    My mom recently invested in chickens.  It sounds like no big deal, until you realize just how much work goes into their startup and upkeep.  From planning and building the enclosure (in the middle of an Arizona summer) to researching the best kind of feed for the budget to the physical labor of cleaning the…