“That’s the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. ‘Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?'”
-Mary Oliver

By day, I write books and peel apples and fold the whites. I field children’s questions of Assyrian cherubs and tiger moths. I say another prayer, brew another coffee. By day I travel the world, or at least the grocery. I kiss another skinned knee, read another chapter, battle another bad habit. Then I sing a lullaby and search for that missing library book.

By night, I write it all down here.

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Author of The Opt-Out Family and Chasing Slow and founder of Other Goose, Erin Loechner has been writing online for two decades. Her heartfelt words and design work have been showcased in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, Huffington Post, and a two-season HGTV.com web special, garnering over one million fans worldwide. She has spoken for and appeared in renowned international events for clients such as Walt Disney World, IKEA, and Martha Stewart. Now nestled in a Midwestern town, Erin, her husband, and kids strive for less in most areas except three: joy, grace, and pickles.

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Erin is passionate about slow living, mold breaking and window-down, top-of-the-lung car singing. Welcome to Design for Mankind.