This September has been a dream so far, with cooler and dryer weather – the final warm summer days and the first sweater-donning mornings. I am anticipating autumn while still enjoying the last sip of summer. Here are three more things I’m loving this month. The lush end-of-summer flora In our backyard, I have been…
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Labor Day Weekend Reflections
Happy Labor Day Weekend! This transition from summer to fall always brings me a bittersweet feeling – the end of carefree summer days and the beginning of crisp air and holidays. I love summer and fall for different reasons, but I find the transition to be a bit difficult every year, particularly as a teacher…
Our New Home on a Sunday Morning
We have been getting settled in our new home over the past two weeks, and things have been gradually evolving as we figure out these new spaces and acquire some new pieces. School also started this past week – my eighth year of teaching. The start of school makes August the busiest, most tiring time…
Book Thoughts: 8 Summer Beach Reads
It’s been a wonderful summer of reading. Early summer brought me three great reads, and I continued through my list and beyond this July, especially in Rhode Island, the perfect place to relax and be swept away by captivating stories. Here are the eight books I’ve read over the past month, all of which I…
A Week in the Carolinas & 3 Wonderful Books I Read
H and I just got back last night from a week spent on the east coast. We first went to the beach in South Carolina on Sunday to see H’s family and spent a few days basking in the sun, taking long walks, reading, and staying cozy in sweatshirts during a few summer storms. The…
Midnight Rain: The Eras Tour 5/7 Show in Nashville
Last night, the weather did not look good. I had plans with two friends and my husband to see Taylor Swift play at Nissan Stadium for her third Nashville show in The Eras Tour. She had successfully played the Friday and Saturday night shows, both of which also had potentially stormy forecasts, but cleared up….