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The Best Things I Bought This Year (List-cember #1)
Hello and welcome to List-cember! My own version of a year-end roundup series, where the posts are all lists!** **Except this year there are more than lists—oops! This month is all about looking back on the year and sharing what I liked, learned, and could do without moving forward. And since December can often be Continue reading
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Ode to Denise
For years now my family has gone all out on Christmas cards. Whether it’s choosing a theme (Giants football, thrifted Christmas sweaters, USA) or just choosing a strategy (making a family pyramid, mimicking the Brady Bunch, designing a crossword puzzle) we try to create something that will both celebrate the year and make people smile. Continue reading
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September & October Favorites
Even though it hasn’t felt all the way like fall where I am, I’ve still been loving it! I’m sleeping cozily under my covers, I’m shaking the dust off my sweaters, I’m making heart eyes at my thermostat which hasn’t had to kick on in over a month. So I’m feeling good going into these Continue reading
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Time is Flying in Weird Ways
Everywhere you turn you can hear someone commenting on the passage of time—either how quick or how slow. The beginning of the year, for me, always moves the slowest. I constantly find myself asking, “is it STILL January?!” Because I’m so anxious to get on with it, to dive headfirst into the newness and see Continue reading
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I Took a Ceramics Class
One of my goals this year was to take a ceramics class. I took ceramics as an elective in high school, and to fulfill a 3D art requirement in college, and enjoyed both, so I’ve often thought about finding a way to get back into it. And since goal setting is the easiest way to Continue reading
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We’re Making a Movie!
Two years ago, I booked a flight to Nashville to join a writing team. 99 other people, from 38 states and six countries, did the same thing. We were all answering the call to an Instagram ad, a proposal to do something no one had ever done before, the chance to be a part of Continue reading
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July & August Favorites
I say this every time but…I found some really good stuff lately!! Let’s get right into it. Books Talking at Night by Claire Daverley is a love story, but not an easy one. It’s hard to describe without giving away major plot points, but if you’re in a melancholy mood, this is a great pick. Continue reading
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Welcome to the Table, Willie
Two weeks before you were born, we celebrated your uncle’s birthday. We sat at our favorite hibachi restaurant, passing plates of sushi back and forth, and clapping as our chef caught an egg in his hat and constructed an onion volcano. We held up our drinks, asking each other, “do you want to try this?” Continue reading
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Sights & Sounds at the Farmer’s Market
About once a month I volunteer with Food Forward at a local farmer’s market, collecting food from vendors that they otherwise would’ve had to throw away, and donating it to food relief organizations. It’s a light, breezy way to spend an afternoon—with the occasional burst of cardio and strength training as you transport heavy boxes Continue reading
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The Tiny Grenade
First, a tiny reminder. At the beginning of every year, I find a word. It’s a theme of sorts. Something to pray on and learn from throughout the year. And come December, I reflect on all that it gave me. This year, the word is: wonder. . Now, a tiny time travel. Back in 2016, Continue reading
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