five little things that made my week. 1. these dogwood blossoms. {for being bedside.} 2. these pickled onions. {for making three different meals much more lively.} 3. these dried chick peas. {and silas’s tiny…
Waste Not is a collaboration with my friend, Carrie King. The premise is simple: Carrie, a food writer and editor, shares a vegetarian recipe highlighting at least one particular way that we can curb…
+ Colorful Easter Eggs. Purple cabbage for blue, turmeric for yellow, beets for red, you’ll have the deepest jewel-toned eggs on the block (or, if you time it right, the palest pastels). + Spring bulbs.…
five little things that made my week. 1. these dirty chairs. {and these two who insist on sitting side by side.} 2. these daffs. {always and forever.} 3. this hopeful stare. {looking for more…
This post was sponsored by Rebecca Mir Grady, contemporary fine jewelry. Rebecca Mir Grady launched her eponymous jewelry line in Chicago, Illinois in 2013. Today, her jewelry is made with care in her studio…
A bit of spring, and an encouraging perspective on a big challenge: “We believe the invisible hand is making businesses behave soullessly; that under capitalism, especially late-stage capitalism, there’s an inevitability to every sad-but-profitable…
five little things that made my week: 1. this welcome sign. {and a visiting sister/auntie.} 2. this light. {any port in an interminable winter? first time trying one of these babies!} 3. these blossoms.…
In my pet apartment fantasy, I imagine getting free rein to transform our current bathroom into something rather more bright and light and welcoming. Punch a hole in the ceiling and let the light stream…
My current favorite part of the week comes when we get an emailed summary detailing how Faye spent the morning at school. Accompanying photographs include messy haired kids with socks hanging halfway off chubby…
The bruise is spreading like a slowly blooming jellyfish across my left hip. Dark purple and bright blue and blurry at the edges. It’s tender to the touch and my blue jeans put more…