The draft coming in through the propped-open door is just slightly cooler than the beer sitting in front of me in its clear plastic cup. Friends are seated in metal chairs as we crowd around pushed-together tables and listen intently to the sound of hearts being filled with words. As my husband Jon puts it, [...]
I’m having a quieter week as it pertains to the blog. Partaking in conversations with friends over coffee and the phone, investing in my marriage, and making plans to make one daughter’s wish come true of homemade Valentine’s cookies for her class (hope they’re as good as she’s built them up in her head!). I’m [...]
This past weekend I got my Kardashian on and cleaned out my closet, artfully displaying cute clutches and pumps under pin-lit glass shelves. It’s now my boutique-style oasis. Or not. It was more like navigating the terrain of my life over the last twenty years, with notable side trips to Old-Boyfriend-Photo World, Anxious-’n’-Desperate-Prayer Journal-dom, and Broken-Jewelry-Pieces Land. All which [...]