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What We Can Do In The Aftermath.
When morning breaks grey with tragedy– we stare at the horrible truth and wish it to be a lie. For years, we’ve been periodically shocked at the evil & malice. That shock fits like a leather glove....
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Peach Blackberry Cobbler in a Cast Iron Skillet
When I was fifteen, my parents moved out to the edge of the city in which they lived. They bought a house with a stretching yard and massive hydrangea bushes. They planted rows of blueberry bushes and...
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What I Learned and Loved in June
Hi friends! This is when we look back at all we learned in the month, both the silly and the serious. This June was our first real month of summery fun so my list is certainly influenced by that,...
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Green Onions and Quiet Growth
I am strangely attached to the green onions in the orange pots out back. They first came from my Grandfather’s sandy lake-front yard. After he passed away, they made their way to me through my Dad’s...
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Taking Care of Teachers: Free Teacher Printable
Around here we still have one full week until school begins. (All the Double High-Fives in the world.) We are soaking up days in the pool, breathing deep the smells of warm slathered sunscreen and late...
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Welcome Wounds & True Friendship
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.” “Oil and perfume make the heart glad and the sweetness of a friend comes from his...
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On Stepping Back & Letting Go
Tomorrow when you wake up, you will have to let go again. You will pour the cereal and smile at sleepy faces. You will pack the lunch and breathe a prayer. You will grab the keys and kiss their heads...
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What I Learned & Loved this Summer
What I Learned: This summer, in the midst of the long pool days and the front porch nights, I read ALOT. As in, more books than I usually read in 6 months. I’ve consumed a mostly-fiction diet these...
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Mid-Week Round Up (only the good stuff!)
Hi there friends. We are several weeks into a new routine but still worlds away from the temperature drop of Fall. I find myself in this odd mix of relief for the scheduled days but still wanting to...
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What an Old House Can Teach Me about Love.
In this blue house with black shutters and a screen door that slams– we are home. The newish paint covers old masonite that crumbles as squirrels sharpen their teeth. The deck was painted this side of...
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Mid-Week Round Up (only the good stuff!)
Happy Wednesday! (which incidentally feels like a weird TuesdayThursday hybrid since we had a holiday on Monday.) Though the first day of Autumn is a couple of weeks away, we are nowhere near Fall...
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A secret I have been keeping: introducing Simmer!
About eighteen months ago, I had a burning idea for a book. It was to be a food and table memoir with recipes. Stories of feasting on life and hope— and the joy to be found in gathering. I dreamed up...
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Simmering in the Kitchen: A Giveaway
“In my sun-splashed kitchen, I chop onions and carrots and everything comes back into alignment. Knife to wooden cutting board— bare feet to bare floor, slowly I forget to strive. I scoop a double...
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Friday Round Up: Only the Good Stuff!
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.” — J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Just when I was losing...
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Brown Sugar Lattes and Finding Home
Sometimes we must open our hands fully to let go of what we hold so tightly. If you read Simmer, then you know how it stung to leave North Carolina. For almost two years, we didn’t go back to visit....
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What I’ve Learned & Loved Lately (Fall Edition.)
I’ve always enjoyed linking up with Emily Freeman for What We Learned. This is our first quarterly recap rather than monthly. So let’s jump right in shall we? These range from the sentimental to the...
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Friday Round Up (only the good stuff!)
Does anyone else feel the pull to slow down? There have been years in the past where this season has brought an involuntary slowing. We’ve had years where our Christmas was wrapped up in loss or...
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Gift Ideas for a Foodie
If you happen to have a foodie in your life, this list will give you a few fresh ideas as you shop for them. If you happen to be a foodie, feel free to send this link to someone who loves you and loves...
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On Pausing & Perseverance: Why we should get back at it.
Maintaining the choice to live well is like doing lunges with dumbbells. Proper Stance. Step Forward. Don’t topple over and don’t overextend. Lunge. Return to start. Annnnnd, That’s one. On one side,...
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What I Read in 2016 (why I don’t make a to-read list and what I do instead.)
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ― Madeleine L’Engle Did you read anything good this year?...
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