February puddles from a moment I took just for myself. And this: “‘For Ahkeem,’ along with ‘Quest,’ and ‘Step,’ reminds white audiences that it is not enough to agree that black lives matter, but…
five little things that made my week. 1. this new hairbrush. {because it’s my first new one in years and it’s tiny and it’s perfect.} 2. these earrings. {a million years old at this…
This post is sponsored by Leesa, a mattress company with the simple goal: “to help people sleep better.” In the house where I did most of my growing up, I can slide my feet over…
For the past three months I’ve been rolling down the stretched-out elastic on my everyday cotton underwear in hopes that the adjustment might stop them from sliding ever lower on my bum. (It does,…
I’ve been drinking oat milk lattes on days when I find myself working from coffee shops, which is a shorter way of saying my expensive coffee habit has become more so and I’m feeling…
five little things that made my week. 1. this second iteration of a bib made by abby. {even better than the first.} 2. this calendar page. {ready for its second life as a painting.}…
On the sidewalk, birdseed. Still in process, the same scarf. On the rooftops, steam shadows. Down the gullet, elderberry syrup. Across the river, a steely blue skyline. On socks, pills. In the blender, milky…
When crouched in a chilly coffee shop, my toes slowly turning to frozen stubs, I fantasize about the hazy white tile steam room at the YMCA in our neighborhood. In case you’re picturing something fancy,…
January raindrops in a quiet minute I took just for myself. And this: “I feel a certain obligation to sort of stand up and be counted as a woman who has had kids and…
five little things that made my week. 1. this sweet pea. {the sweetest little nugget there ever was.} 2. these other sweet things. {for early morning energy.} 3. this…