Tip #123: It’s hip to be square. Or, consider a square table for a tiny space. To be clear, this is a tip for small spaces, not teeny tiny spaces. Sometimes I hesitate to…
Not that swimsuit edition. Summer is upon us, and so are swimsuits. Well, maybe. Current states of dress notwithstanding, let me be clear about one thing: this isn’t a post about having a perfect body.…
1. A sweatshirt for long weekends and mini-adventures. 2. Veggie seeds for wishful thinking and vegetable gardens. 3. An herbal reference guide for late-night queries. 4. A denim baseball cap for sun protection. 5. A copper watering can…
five little things that made my week. 1. this crate. {for being faye’s favorite new place to sit.} 2. the two little pots. {for being just the right size. more soon.} 3. this dish…
Because last week Faye turned one, here’s her birth story. Or is it my birth story? I guess it’s the story of her birth and my birthing. Like most birth stories, there’s a little…
Tip #122: Skip the coffee table. We don’t own a coffee table. We had one in our very first apartment in North Carolina—a funky little table that a neighbor gave us for free. It…
James and I are working on putting our heads together for a little family vacation later this summer, but in the meantime, we’re determined to live up our weekends spent closer to home. On…
Summertime in the city means that I try to spend as much time as humanly possible outside of my apartment. When I finish my work day, I want to go immediately down to the…
five little things that made my week. 1. these peonies. {for smelling so sweet even as they wilted before my very eyes.} 2. this tractor and cart. {because every baby girl needs a farm…
I’ve decided that I’d like to take up longboarding. Blame it on some kind of delayed quarter-life crisis. Or my impending 31st birthday. Whatever the reason, I’m itching to try something new. The last…