Julia lives with her husband, three children, and menagerie of animals on a small farm in rural Montana.  She has a special fondness for secondhand clothing — how pieces discarded and forgotten can be found and loved again, given a second life.  She spends her days treasure hunting (with kids in tow), learning to care for the land and animals, homeschooling, cooking her way through cookbooks, reading, and daydreaming (often about clothes).