On top of muddy grass, picnic blankets. Under skirts, bare legs. Along the window ledge, birds. At bedtime, blue skies. On rooftops, pink wine. Curbside, treasures. In new shoes, blisters. On young minds, wish…
In the world of seeking zero-waste inspiration, it can be difficult to find inspiring folks who also have families with very young children. It’s harder still to find zero-waste families with small children and…
five little things that made my week. 1. this bag. {because i generally have pretty strong feelings about totes that wend their way into my house, but this one has provided so much good…
I know a lot of you have questions about how we get our two kids to sleep—for the LOVE OF GOD—in a tiny apartment. More on that one day soon, I promise. But in…
I’ll be the first to cop to the strange dopamine hit I get from clearing out a closet or straightening a drawer. Call it joy, call it relief, whatever it is, I feel like…
five little things that made my week. 1. these tulips. {did you know tulips are one of few cut flowers that keep growing after being cut? also, they just get prettier and prettier as…
Becoming a parent has made me realize just how much of young childhood is centered around the seasons and celebrating them. (Thank goodness.) Of course, celebrating seasonal change was already very much my bag,…
Faye and flowers and these words: …These obligations sometimes frustrated Carson, but not half as much as they frustrate her biographers. For Lear, the author of “Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature” (1997) and the…
five little things that made my week. 1. this view. {because someone decided this little swallow needed a new place to hang. looks pretty happy to me.} 2. these little seed markers. {and a…
My sisters and I wore Keds canvas sneakers growing up. They were almost always white and they had what can only be described as a magnetic attraction to grass stains. Mine always became streaked…