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And Here We Are-
The World Inside of Your Living Room(Post)
There was a time in my past when life was lived at such opposite extremes I could hardly make sense of the experience. It happened in the months after we brought our identical twin girls home. We were
Vintage Stamps, Reimagined(Post)Something rather upsetting has happened to me over the past year. I've had the opportunity to go to two stamp shows, which is honestly one of my most favorite ways to spend a Sunday, and I had to refr
April in Letters and Poetry(Post)April is a particularly special month for two reasons: 1) it’s National Poetry Month, which encourages us to celebrate and share poetry, and 2) it’s National Letter Writing Month, which invites us to
Reason to Write(Post)I’ve been kicking around different ideas to write about this week while on the road and staring out at the crashing waves and in bed before I fall asleep, but my brain can't focus on any of them for t
Postscript x Minted(Post)Here’s something I’m giddy about: we are partnering with Minted this year to provide you with a way to combine: 1) the benefits of a brick and mortar staffed with human beings you can talk to, with 2)
Lessons from Steve(Post)The hardest thing about getting lost in a book is having to find your way back out of it when you finish the last page and close the cover. One of my hardest reentry periods was the time I finished Ed
Showing Up(Post)I recently decided to get back to blogging, and I decided as part of that project, I needed to be consistent about it. Sounds straightforward enough. But when it's suddenly May and chaos has exploded
April at the Shop!(Post)Happy spring! I was beginning to think we would never see the day, but here we are. I walked to work this morning! Birds are singing from every tree! Green is starting to tiptoe into the grass! Every
Pin This(Post)A couple of months ago, I ran a new class at the shop — making your own mood board — that was inspired by the boards I spied in the gorgeous home of Heather Hall. If you haven’t heard me gush yet abo
Fantasy v. Reality and Closing the Gap(Post)When I recently began starting my days at the shop by writing a letter, something of a seismic shift occurred. I am generally full of intentions — beautiful ones! — that never see the light of day. In
Raising Readers(Post)I try not to preach. I mean, who among us is really all that qualified to do so? And also, no one wants to listen to someone else claim passionately that they have discovered the key that unlocks the
Beached and Reading(Post)I get that the typical choice is a light and indulgent novel. Chick lit or a good mystery. Nothing heavy, nothing too intense. Just a tandem guilty pleasure that pairs well with lying around in the su