This past weekend, Harrison and I took a 24-hour getaway to Chattanooga, which is just a 2-hour drive from Nashville, where we live. This trip scratches the surface of the area’s possibilities, but provides a delightful and fairly low-key way to spend a weekend when you need a little escape. Saturday 9 a.m. Get on the…
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On My Coffee Table
Happy spring! Last time, I shared a few fall reads with you, and I recently picked up some new books that I wanted to share. This spring, I plan to read: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn This is a historical novel about two women – a female spy recruited to the Alice Network in…
5 Ways to Get Out of Your Winter Funk
Around this time of year, I usually get into a funk. I am tired of the short days and the cold. I crave spring, and the longing for it gets stronger every day. If you feel like you are going a little crazy indoors, I am sharing some tips for coping with your winter blues!…
5 Ways to Make Life a Little Sweeter This January
Most years, I do not enjoy wintertime. I am usually partial to warm weather, sunshine, and beaches. However, this year I have been enjoying winter way more than usual! Maybe it is just getting older, but I have been relishing the cold and the coziness. If you are someone who counts down the days until…
4 things I’m not shopping for (and the 1 that I am) in 2018
After reading Ann Patchett’s “My Year of No Shopping” in the New York Times, I started thinking about the reality of not shopping for an entire year. Would I want to do that? Could I? It sounded liberating to me – a year without more stuff. And yet, what would I do if I needed something? Worse,…
The Beauty of Impermanence
The current state of my balcony Each season, we seek and purchase the impermanent: tulips in spring, hydrangeas in summer, mums in fall, pansies in winter. We relish blooming trees, falling leaves, pumpkins on porches, holly draping windows. We know these things will vanish, that we will have to toss them aside. But we want them…
