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Category: Stuff I Love

After I share the bookish holiday gift guide each year, someone inevitably asks what I’m giving or hoping to receive this

I am not a wine expert. (How’s that for an opening?) But I do enjoy the process of buying and

I love the idea of stocking stuffers, but it’s too easy to feel like the usual items are just highly

When you think about all the clothes you’ve ever loved to wear, which garments rise to the top? My mind

It’s that time of year! The time when I start replenishing my puzzle hoard as the weather cools down. We

My grandmother had a theory about perfume. (If you knew my grandmother, you wouldn’t be surprised: my grandmother had theories

A few weeks ago, my family engaged in the usual end of summer tradition: back to school shopping. I have

I like to keep a list in my journal of the (mostly) little, everyday things bringing me a disproportionate amount

My family just put in a patio so we could enjoy spending more time outside and we’re hoping to grill

It’s hard to believe but it’s been many years since I last talked about swimwear here. Part of that must

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