Sapana Stories

I Wish I'd Had This Coat

I Wish I'd Had This Coat

There's one thing I don't miss about having little ones in school ... the frantic mornings. Someone not being able to find a shoe. A permission slip that apparently needed...

I Wish I'd Had This Coat

There's one thing I don't miss about having little ones in school ... the frantic mornings. Someone not being able to find a shoe. A permission slip that apparently needed...

Why I Keep Going Back To The Beach

Why I Keep Going Back To The Beach

With pale skin and red hair, you probably wouldn't guess that I love the beach as much as I do. It wasn't always that way. First I had to master...

Why I Keep Going Back To The Beach

With pale skin and red hair, you probably wouldn't guess that I love the beach as much as I do. It wasn't always that way. First I had to master...

It Was Never About The Jump

It Was Never About The Jump

There are two kinds of adventure. The loud kind. And the quiet kind. Last weekend, I did the loud kind. I jumped out of an airplane. This story actually started years ago....

It Was Never About The Jump

There are two kinds of adventure. The loud kind. And the quiet kind. Last weekend, I did the loud kind. I jumped out of an airplane. This story actually started years ago....

Building More Than Another Room

Building More Than Another Room

We're expanding. I've probably said that a hundred times over the last few weeks (months?), but every time I do, it feels a little unfinished - until now.  It's not...

Building More Than Another Room

We're expanding. I've probably said that a hundred times over the last few weeks (months?), but every time I do, it feels a little unfinished - until now.  It's not...

Why We Make Everything By Hand

Why We Make Everything By Hand

  Handcrafted, always. Actually, that's not entirely true. We don't make everything by hand. But from the very beginning, I've given Sapana a simple set of rules. If you've worked...

Why We Make Everything By Hand

  Handcrafted, always. Actually, that's not entirely true. We don't make everything by hand. But from the very beginning, I've given Sapana a simple set of rules. If you've worked...

Christmas in July Makes Absolutely No Sense

Christmas in July Makes Absolutely No Sense

Neither did Christmas in Thailand. We spent a few Christmases overseas. Our first December / Christmas away from home was in Thailand. It was warm. Tropical. Humid enough that nobody...

Christmas in July Makes Absolutely No Sense

Neither did Christmas in Thailand. We spent a few Christmases overseas. Our first December / Christmas away from home was in Thailand. It was warm. Tropical. Humid enough that nobody...