I’ve been all about scents lately. Proof here, here, and here. Beyond just wanting things to smell nice, I’m totally preoccupied with how tangled up with memories scents can be. As a kid, my…
fence post & flowers, bailing twine & mason jars.cedar posts & bottles.mom & dad.the spectacular, the genius, the perfectly wonderful, roosevelt dime.more flowers from the farm.benches & doilies (teetering on the edge of grandma-dom,…
five little things that made my week. 1. this piece of kinder. {and all the others. because sweets in the afternoon should be mandated}. 2. these sneaks. {because i have a new routine: walk…
I mentioned on Friday that I was combatting a bit of a cold last week. Well, it got a little worse before it got better, but I think I managed to wipe that sucker…
Tip #35: Tackle what you can. Don’t doubt yourself. Living in rental apartments generally means living with a lot of things that you’re not one hundred percent pleased with. (Take the fan saga, for…
It’s the time of year for mulling spices. If you don’t have them in your cupboard today, you might decide to get them there tomorrow. Cinnamon and cardamom, dried orange peel and allspice, star…
Around my sister’s table on Saturday night, we ate an autumnal feast of butternut squash risotto and kale salad made with October’s sweet leaves, and fresh, thick slabs of salmon crunched up with hazelnuts…
five little things that made my week. 1. this sweater. {because it belongs to james, but i wore it all week}. 2. these ferns. {because they’re still so green in bk bridge park}. 3.…
October always has me feeling a little witchy. It’s the weather, and halloween, and the reappearance of my black cowgirl boots, surely. But this October I’ve also been doing a lot of thinking about…
Tip #34: Outerwear.{Part I in a two part series about winter clothes and tiny apartments}. Let me start by acknowledging that the blog world–and perhaps all the world–appears to be utterly and totally obsessed with…