Beneath the Streets
There are lots of things in cities that we don’t notice until they go wrong.
Lillie grew up on a forty-acre hay farm in Central Oregon, making the trek to Michigan to study mechanical engineering and sustainability. After graduating in 2020, she moved to Rochester, NY, where her day job as an engineer for the local gas utility funds her outdoor adventures, love of books, various craft projects, and investment in her new community.
by Lillie Spackman | Mar 19, 2023 | 1 comment
There are lots of things in cities that we don’t notice until they go wrong.
by Lillie Spackman | Feb 19, 2023 | 2 comments
I think I’ve had to get good at making a home for myself where there was none before.
by Lillie Spackman | Jan 19, 2023 | 0 comments
I found myself nodding along with the explanations about heat exchangers and chuckling at the jokes about battery-free plumb bobs.
by Lillie Spackman | Dec 19, 2022 | 0 comments
Not everyone is everything to everybody.
by Lillie Spackman | Nov 19, 2022 | 0 comments
Sometimes things have outgrown their usefulness, or are proven to be harmful, or you just find a better way.
by Lillie Spackman | Oct 19, 2022 | 0 comments
Dear God I hate having to think of a cute opening line. It’s horrifying.
by Lillie Spackman | Aug 19, 2022 | 2 comments
I stood in the middle of the stream, my line whizzing back and forth, back and forth as I tried to remind my arm how to lay the line down gently.
by Lillie Spackman | Jul 19, 2022 | 1 comment
Like all Northwesterners, I do have my own pet theory about the Cooper case.
by Lillie Spackman | Jun 19, 2022 | 0 comments
All I must do is mourn with those who mourn, offer my voice to those who can’t find the words, condemn hate and harm.
by Lillie Spackman | May 19, 2022 | 0 comments
Which emails and conversations am I signing off “top of the morning” and which are a definitive “see ya never, loser”?
by Lillie Spackman | Apr 19, 2022 | 2 comments
I found the Enneagram about five years ago now, and I know this is going to sound dramatic, but hear me out: it changed my life.
by Lillie Spackman | Mar 19, 2022 | 0 comments
Taking ownership of your finances is daunting, but possible.
by Lillie Spackman | Feb 19, 2022 | 0 comments
I’ve found that loving myself means letting myself love and delight in the things around me.
by Lillie Spackman | Jan 19, 2022 | 0 comments
Having limits makes finding solutions that much more exciting.
by Lillie Spackman | Dec 19, 2021 | 0 comments
These are all women who have stepped up and said, “Lillie, what do you need?”
by Lillie Spackman | Nov 19, 2021 | 1 comment
I don’t quite remember how we came up with the name Dusty Kevin, but it had something to do with mispronouncing Dostoyevsky while making enough pierogies to feed an army.
by Lillie Spackman | Oct 19, 2021 | 1 comment
I can’t remember the last time I bought meat at the grocery store.
by Lillie Spackman | Sep 19, 2021 | 0 comments
Some days I think it would be a comfort to be the focus of a prophecy.
by Lillie Spackman | Aug 19, 2021 | 0 comments
My physical and emotional being are inextricably intertwined, and that’s a good thing.
by Lillie Spackman | Jul 19, 2021 | 2 comments
I’m sure the famine was still hard, even with the storehouses of supplies.
by Lillie Spackman | Jun 19, 2021 | 4 comments
In the quiet of my own home I find myself always coming back to the gentle, familiar music of my childhood.
by Lillie Spackman | May 19, 2021 | 2 comments
It was a relief to cut veggies or set the table and feel part of the space-making.
by Lillie Spackman | Apr 19, 2021 | 5 comments
We do love Jesus. We do love people. But we are finding it harder and harder to love the church.
by Lillie Spackman | Mar 19, 2021 | 3 comments
When I sat in my safety seminar for new hires, I was the one woman in a room of fifteen men.
by Lillie Spackman | Feb 19, 2021 | 4 comments
It’s an old house; it can’t be that secure, right?
by Lillie Spackman | Jan 19, 2021 | 3 comments
Being outside makes me a better person. I can’t explain it.
by Lillie Spackman | Dec 19, 2020 | 1 comment
With each stone I added, I thought of the people, places, and experiences that make me who I am
by Lillie Spackman | Nov 19, 2020 | 2 comments
Being a terrifying nitrogen nerd is one of my brother’s very few failings, and in this case it turned out to be a great help.
by Lillie Spackman | Oct 19, 2020 | 3 comments
Almost despite myself, I’m finding that I do enjoy the quiet, the darkness.
by Lillie Spackman | Sep 19, 2020 | 4 comments
I hope that, along with her name, I will always carry some reflection of her in me.