for some time, i have been a big believer in writing down your goals and intentions. it has been a gradually increasing conviction for the past twenty years. my husband, steve, and i try to sit down once a year or so, usually over a nice dinner date with cocktails, and write down our 5 and 10 year goals. what we soon realized was that when we did this, the goals were more likely to get accomplished, and often in 2-3 years instead of 5-10. it was astounding to us at first, and then we came almost to expect it–if you write down your goals, not just say them out loud, but actually write them down, they are more likely to happen and usually sooner than you’d ever imagine. so, i probably shouldn’t have been surprised today (but still was), when i wrote on one of my instagram photos that “in 2015, i’d love to license a line of textile linens using STILL blog images,” and within an hour the Home product manager for Target Corporation had emailed me and invited me to coffee. see? i had finally written it down. tomorrow, i plan to cure cancer. stand by.

dried leaf of unknown identity

saint paul, minnesota

p.s. i’ll keep you all posted on this meeting with Target, but this first meeting is just a getting to know each other, no licensing contracts promised.