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Category: My Life

I was surprised to learn from the comments of the recent post about my go-to cookbooks that not everyone is

Growing up, I never understood people who claimed fall as their favorite season. To me, fall only meant that winter

I spotted my first Little Free Library at the Omni Starbucks in Richmond, Virginia almost two years ago. I noticed

I’ve had a post bumping around in my head for a while now about trigger points: I’m talking about those metaphorical buttons

me, taking in the situation. I’m not sure it’s gonna work. Our time at the beach always goes by so

I’ve been sharing what I’m into for almost two years now. This is the first time I’m sharing what my

In August we hit the beach and hosted some of our favorite people here at home, and it’s been wonderful.

School started two weeks ago around here. Even though my kids aren’t starting until after Labor Day, we’re in transition

We were lucky to have houseguests this week—family members who live much too far away, whom we don’t see nearly often

A few years ago, I read Tom Vanderbilt’s fascinating (and maddening) book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and

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