Sarah Carter Instagram – A gentle night at Moon House finally looks like a warm bath, peppermint tea, a memoir, toast with honey and soft goat cheese, Joni Mitchell on vinyl, doors open to the garden, fresh lavender and eucalyptus drifting in with the breeze, a wood-burning fire, sauna, cold dip, and a whole lot of wild animal love. I have to pinch myself.
I bought this home shortly before the pandemic, as the systems we had all taken for granted began breaking down and revealing deep cultural injustices. In a time of uncertainty and unsafety, Moon House became my attempt to build something grounding where I could reset my nervous system, where Alice could thrive and play with her friends, where we could bring our huge family together to celebrate, plant lemon trees, and welcome our community around what I value most: creativity, inclusivity, beauty, freedom, and healing.
Then the fires hit, and I was forced to confront my faith in building something sacred while fully acknowledging its impermanence. Still, it became even clearer that before expanding any further in my career, I needed to deepen my roots and ground into a felt sense of integrity. I didn’t want to fly off anymore. My brother had recently passed. Grief and the pandemic taught me how much I cherished the slowness being home.
Since directing In Her Name— becoming a producer, a writer, a community builder, and an even more devoted artist has been the ironic byproduct of focusing my energy on designing and renovating Moon House.
Petits Salons has grown exponentially over the past year and a half, I’ve found an extraordinary tribe of actors to work with weekly in the theater, and the projects and people I’ve poured into have become more and more relevant.
The expansion was so great that by the end of 2025, I experienced very real burnout, which I’m only now beginning to recover from. I share this because I believe self-care and devotion to personal peace take real courage when we are faced with so much violence and need for reform.
One thing I’m learning to integrate into every moment is this: it will never be quite like this again. Slow down. Write the poem. Nothing is linear. Everything is connected. Make peace. | Posted on 23/Jan/2026 04:42:06
