Tip #185: Tackle To-Do Lists. The past forty-eight hours have been a flurry of kid-free activity in this tiny apartment. We’ve scrubbed and scoured, dismantled and reassembled, primed and painted, sorted out old and…
In case anyone else out there needs a bit of good cheer, and a bubbling over of pride and patriotism, in celebration of their fourth world championship, here are a few favorite things I’ve…
1. this back porch. {and eating every meal on it.} 2. this necklace addition. {because, summer.} 3. this dresser drawer. {because unpacking things into drawers is the best travel trip there is.} 4. this…
The truth is, I’ve never cared for the National Anthem. If you think about it, it’s not a good song. Too high for most of us with “the rockets’ red glare” and then there…
We’re spending some extended time at my mom and dad’s house this summer and I’ve been cataloguing sweet crafts and activities to keep the kids happily engaged and independent in the backyard and at…
I turned thirty-five today with beachside walks, and miniature mussel shells, and toes painted red, and snuggles with sun-kissed kids. We’ll have grilled eggplant drippy with olive oil, and a green salad the size…
1. these painted toes. {and her dad’s for being painted, too.} 2. this bowl of “cheeries and strawbs.” {petition to make the name change official.} 3. getting to try these pillow cases. {and listen…
It’s officially the last day of school for Faye. She’s currently running through city sprinklers with her friends and a babysitter, and despite the usual childcare and work/life balance questions to still sort out,…
I can’t stop thinking about this passage from Masha Gessen’s essay, The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps: We learn to think of history as something that has already happened, to other people. Our…
Is there anything more summery than a lazy afternoon spent too-hot making crafts and eating berries ’til your stomach hurts? I was never a camp kid, but I still managed to spend long hours…