GOING MAKEUP-FREE
I’ve been working on this blog for a while now, and then I saw my beautiful soul sister post something similar to her Instagram. I wanted to share what she said, as well, because it’s a great way to sum up what I’m trying to say on this subject. “Real talk. There’s this story among […]
BALD HEAD ISLAND: 2017
At Bald Head Island with my family, the only exercise I get is walking in the sand or dancing in the circle of beach chairs my family arranges as the day goes on and more people arrive to the sea. We are a people of music and dancing: if your toe is tappin’, get up. […]
HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF INTO A MORNING PERSON
I don’t know that I will ever completely be a morning person. At heart, I’m a Night Owl, but the older I get, the more I value good sleep and productive days. The days of teenage schedules and sleeping until the late afternoon are gone. Long gone, my friend. So now, I try to get […]
FRONT PORCH: BEFORE AND AFTER
Kyle and I finally finished our front porch. I can’t tell you how relieved we both are to have that checked off of our enormous home to-do list, but also how freaking excited I am with how it turned out. A lot of the things we used on it were things that his parents left […]
AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD
Sometime earlier in the year, I decided I wanted to get a starter for Amish Friendship Bread and write about it. But then school started and I became The Grad Student Zombie, and there was just no time or energy for such things. Or anything for that matter. Then, magically, at the end of the semester, […]
