I’ve been given myself a breathing week. A take-a-step-back-from-the-desk week. A wander-the-farmers’-market week. A dive-into-the-archive-and-remind-yourself-what-you-love week. (A rest-your-aching-back-for-heaven’s-sake week.) It’s been something like an impromptu Reading My Tea Leaves staff retreat, except of course,…
On a very rainy day, a make-believe version of the same with something for outside and something for inside: Outside: A coverall for splashing. A pair of boots for most any kind of weather. A…
five little things that made my week. 1. this crate. {carried home from the wine store last week, put to use this week.} 2. this bag. {because i really needed something small and hands-free,…
I’m a morning person. A slow, leisurely kind of morning person. A morning person who doesn’t want to be rushed out of bed. I’ll pad to the bathroom bright and early, but my goodness,…
In cakes, plums. At night, breezes. Through hair, brushes. On heads, pigtails. Over shoulders, backpacks. In pouches, pencils. Inside t-shirts, names. On morning sidewalks, footsteps. Under the fence, asters. Among the milkweed, monarchs. In…
five little things that made my week. 1. these fan blades. {for being clean.} 2. these undies. {in a grown-up size.} 3. these dried flowers. {for holding onto all their color, two weeks later.}…
Waste Not is a collaboration with my friend, Carrie King. The premise is simple: Carrie, a food writer and editor, shares a recipe highlighting at least one particular way that we can curb food waste.…
This post is sponsored by the American Express Cash Magnet™ Card. I don’t keep my pennies in a tin can tacked to the closet floor a la Francie Nolan in A Tree Grows in…
Survival Tip #174: Shoes in a bucket, bin, or basket. There’s not much quite as comforting as returning home from a long day away and kicking off your shoes. (Well, maybe removing your bra,…
five little things that made my week. 1. this camisole. {made from cleaner silk and very lovely to wear (on repeat).} 2. this soft landing spot. {for belonging to a baby just five blocks away.} 3.…