If you’re anything like me, the start of September has taken life by storm. I’m skating in to this week’s email by the skin of my teeth (late, if you’ll note), and hoping that the grace I know is always out there can be shared with me this week. Let’s all give each other a […]

The start of the school year is a whirlwind and a time of changing rhythms. My friends who’ve taken teens to college this week are looking around their homes and wondering what will fill the space that kid filled in the family. My friends whose littles are starting preschool or kindergarten for the first time […]

The weather turned a little bit this week—it was downright cool one day. I know it’s not the end of the summer heat (I live in the American South, after all), but it was a hint that a corner is coming and autumn is on its way. I couldn’t be more delighted, despite the crazy […]

I’m almost sure I read Lord of the Flies in school—almost. I was in accelerated English classes in middle school, which put me ahead by high school and means I missed some of the things that everyone was “supposed” to read. But I think I read it. Or at the very least I got an excellent summary of it […]

I’ve been revisiting the 1990s of late, between catching a new rewatch podcast of an old favorite sitcom (Boy Meets World) and voting in the ’90s One-Hit Wonders bracket in the Bracket of Champions group my friends started a few years ago. The nostalgia is big and the t-shirts are even bigger. It’s kinda nice to go back to […]