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habit shift: souvenirs.
Recently it came to my attention that Faye thought Cape Cod was the name of a prolific sweatshirt company and not a popular vacation destination. In
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family camping trip: doing it (redux).
Camping was glorious and I’ve only by miracle and mild coercion managed to excavate the dirt from my children’s curling toenails. Camping was
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habit shift: plastic-free bath and beauty.
We’re at my mom and dad’s house for the week before heading off on our two-week camping adventure in the Adirondacks. In between beach swims and
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simple stuff: a toaster.
James, who is more often on breakfast duty than I am, has been wanting to invest in a larger toaster since Calder started gumming bread in the
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my week in objects (mostly).
1. this nail brush. {for getting under the world’s grimiest toenails (not mine!!)} 2. this crinkled tube. {and the tube-wringer that got it
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simple stuff: a stainless steel water dispenser.
It’s a habit shift, it’s apartment progress, it’s baby proof in a family where the youngest baby is a walking, talking two-year-old calling
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apartment progress: patchwork.
Last week I gave away my jammed up sewing machine. It unceremoniously ground to a halt a few months ago and though I took it apart and put it back
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my week in objects (mostly).
1. finding the perfect liquid measuring cup. {after two years without one.} 2. this stack of scraps. {waiting to be turned into something else.} 3.
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things i will do in june.
It already feels like full-on summer around here, but the roses remind us of the month it is. Across the street an elderly neighbor has been tending
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my week in objects.
1. this kid. {eight years old.} 2. this rose. {for blooming right on time.} 3. this sewing machine. {and deciding to let her go and hunt for
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things you can do today.
Faye turns eight today. In fact, I’m writing these words at the very minute of the morning that I first held her tiny, bird-like body in my arms
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my week in objects (mostly).
1. these peonies. {in all their desiccated glory.} 2. this little lampshade. {made from some vintage quilt scraps.} 3. this new dress (a gift!).
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make-believe: golden hour.
Is there such a thing as Covid cravings? As my sense of smell has all but disappeared and my sense of taste seems to grow fainter by the moment,
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my week in objects (mostly).
1. this (very) little note. {and the kid who wrote it.} 2. these madeleines-to-be. {and james’s mid-day baking habits.} 3. this week’s stoop
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habit shift: solid shampoo and conditioner.
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