living small

living small

#3: socioeconomics Talking about living small — or minimalism, or paring down, or simple living, or however you prefer to think of it— is something that can feel awkward to me. And for a good reason, I think. Because as admirable and, dare I say, ideal, as living...
little things, lately

little things, lately

1. these days, breakfast is non-optional and enormous 2. she who trims the bushes decorates the entire apartment with greenery 3. all my writing this summer is fueled by frozen mango 4. crepe myrtle still going strong 5. homemade bread, which was delicious even if it...
five years

five years

We celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary last week. If you count from when we started dating, then in a couple months we will have been together for ten years. This is where, I think, I am supposed to list “five things I have learned in five years of marriage” or...
little things, lately

little things, lately

    1. a new fan on our windowsill, because the heat dome is real 2. a trip to Monticello with visiting parents, where dark sides of history are portrayed with surprising honesty 3. gluten free cookies, which my mother-in-law always sends home with us after...

lazy sunday

Who knew that “heat dome” was a technical, meteorological term? It sounds like something out of a dystopian sci-fi show. But apparently (very apparently, if you live on the east cost of the US) it is a real thing. Which means that Sundays right now are lazy indeed,...