Category Archives: general
Odds & Ends X
+ The New York Times ran an article about the Cameron Crazies losing their enthusiasm. How embarrassing! Their team isn’t even that bad this year. UNC students loyally went to games when we were 8-20 while I was a student. … Continue reading
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Fall in Love with Memphis 2012
We moved in July, and I’ve spent most of my new-to-town energy getting the girls settled and getting to know people. I have a strong sense of place, and I need to get to know Memphis better to really settle … Continue reading
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Odds & Ends IX
+ Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! It’s a good day to practice generosity, recite the Nicene Creed and punch a heretic in the nose. + Chuck DeGroat’s excellent post on Advent Disappointment is worth contemplating. + I finished Start Something … Continue reading
Start Something That Matters Giveaway
I love my TOMS. They are ridiculously comfortable and even kind of cute. (I am waiting with great expectation for the ballet flats that are coming out this spring and REALLY cute.) But what I love most about TOMS is … Continue reading
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Light in the Darkness
As someone with very disordered sleep, I dread falling back. It takes away an hour of daylight when I am always up (and there truly are not that many hours of the day that’s true.) Insomnia is a lonely condition … Continue reading
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Odds & Ends VIII
It’s cider season. Try this cider-brined pork loin recipe, it’s a favorite. Easily reached 25 listens of this song over the weekend. Still playing it, I must really need to hear it. Making my first Thanksgiving dinner this year, so … Continue reading
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Announcement & Giveaway
I’ve opened an etsy shop with photo cards, family rules, and more design goodness. I love doing this sort of thing, and did so before and during my tenure as a photographer, but never on etsy. I’d love a little … Continue reading
On Storytelling
Recently, I hung out with a few new friends, and ended up telling them about the time I had a baby in the bathtub of my parents’ house. (n.b. this post is not a graphic birth story, at all. no … Continue reading
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This is Not the End
This is not the end This is not the end of this We will open our eyes wide, wider This is not our last This is not our last breath We will open our mouths wide, wider And you know … Continue reading
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Telling Stories
I love a good story, and I love to tell good stories. In theory, I’d love for this blog to be filled with great stories, vignettes of our life. The trouble is that I have a hard time with finding … Continue reading
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Free is Good
Don’t forget free museum day Saturday! Find a participating museum here. I’ve mentioned this before, but you ought to subscribe to Megan’s great Half-Pint Handouts blog. I have won some cool stuff! I added another freebie to my post earlier … Continue reading
Sharing UPDATED
I got 100 Moo cards free for shipping, and I’d love for you to score some too, here’s a link. I also got a $25 gift certificate to ONEHOPE wine through klout and 5 to share with whomever. Go here … Continue reading
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