THE UNSELECTED JOURNALS OF EMMA M. LION BY BETH BROWER To no surprise, I am reading The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion for the second time and they are even better the second time around. Beth Brower knows the key to my heart. Part of me gets frustrated because I want the story to…
I started gardening because I wanted to grow food. That was pretty much it. I liked the idea of becoming more self-sufficient, knowing where some of our food came from and being a little less dependent on the grocery store. I thought I was building garden beds to grow tomatoes and cucumbers and zucchini. I…
When I looked up how much real Delft tiles cost, a little piece of my heart died. I’m talking $80 a tile. And I needed over 100 tiles for a whole backsplash. My dream kitchen priced itself right out of my budget before I’d even started. I sat with that disappointment for a while because…
If you’ve read anything else I’ve written about family traditions, you already know I blame my mother for all of this. I grew up in a family that LOVES a tradition. My parents were really intentional about making holidays feel special, and Christmas was the freaking Super Bowl. Our Taggart Family Christmas Party has been…
In 2021, we packed up our three little kids and went to Hawaii for three weeks to visit my brother. We were so excited! Three weeks in Hawaii, staying on his incredible property, kids running around outside all day. What could possibly go wrong? Turns out, you can take your family to paradise and still…
This is my mom Jane’s chocolate chip cookie recipe, and it is the one I always come back to.
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