Over the years, I have learned that this love of beauty and this, you know, the fact that beauty really catches my attention, well, that's something planted in me by God.

I mean, God is beautiful.

And beauty in the world is, it's like one of the languages I think God uses to speak to us and to show himself to us.

Music us and to show himself to us. Welcome to Cultivating the Lovely.

I'm your host, Mackenzie Kappa.

You can find out more about the podcast at cultivating the

lovely.com in our Yellow Brick Road membership community at patreon.com slash cultivating the

lovely and in our Facebook group. I would also love to connect with you on Instagram, where you can

find me at McKenzie Kappa. That's M-A-K-E-N-Z-Z-I-E-K-O-P-A.

Hey, ladies, today I'm on with a really fun new guest who is probably one of the sweetest

people I've ever met.

You could just tell when you're talking to her, oh, she's just sweet and kind.

And that is Christy Purifoy from the new book, Placemaker. It's a sweet book that is

really interesting because it talks about home in all sorts of different settings, everything

from urban to country. And I think you guys are really going to enjoy this episode. And all the

things that she has to say about placemaking, the book comes out this week too. So if you'd like to

grab it or really

anything else off Amazon, it's a great way to support the show if you follow one of our links.

And then you could just buy whatever you want off of Amazon and we get a little bit of credit,

but it doesn't cost you any more money. So you could check the show notes at boldtriquoise.com

slash 107 to find those links and be able to purchase through

them. I also want to just do a quick shout out of solidarity to any of you who have been struggling

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