five little things that made my week. 1. this baseboard. {which is no longer rotting, or peeling, or falling off the wall.} 2. this patched up blackout curtain. 3. these surprise muffins. {a sweet…
For anyone looking ahead to giving the fathers in their lives a little something special on Father’s Day this year, here are a few ideas for the sweet, silly, sensitive, caring, compassionate, and crafty fathers in…
Survival Tip #165: Paint the plunger. The handle anyway. It’s probably advisable to leave the rubbery part alone. But the wooden handle? Why not help it along a bit? Maybe it still has the…
On wrought iron fence posts, roses. From nowhere, humidity. In windows, air conditioners. Stretched over bellies, rash guards. On little brown feet, starts of tan lines. On strawberry plants, pale pink. On noses, sunscreen.…
five little things that made my week. 1. this hammer. {for being endlessly handy this week and always.} 2. these shoe boxes. {because after three weeks it’s awfully nice to be putting things back…
In between bites of deli-procured egg and cheese sandwich (extra cheese, please), I sat down to write a quick post. We got the news that at some point this week we’ll be given permission…
five little things that made my week. 1. these chive blossoms. {and the ridiculous distraction they were for my kids this week.} 2. this rhubarb jam. {and the decision to make a very quick…
Survival Tip #164: Seize the moment. In mating season, male cardinals feed the females they’re hoping to woo. They don’t just gather the food, they coax it into the female’s mouth, morsel by morsel.…
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.…
The first of the neighborhood roses and these words: 1 Only now, in spring, can the place be named: tulip poplar, daffodil, crab apple, dogwood, budding pink-green, white-green, yellow on my knowing. All winter…