The rise in the number of years its been since I lived in North Carolina directly correlates with my obsession with all things North Carolina. And I’ve always been obsessed with Christmas trees. So meet …
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The Fraser Fir
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Mrs. Foster-Keddie
Morrison surprised me (and Joe!) with a birthday trip Santa Barbara. I don’t know what was the best part, the fact that he planned it all and packed Joe’s things so I literally didn’t have …
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Some Years
Elizabeth is turning }*#mf$(‘ri@0 years old so we high-tailed it to Palm Springs with our floppy hats and matching bathing suits to melt like lizards poolside and sweat out the stress of the last 1.5 …
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The Optimist’s Cookbook
I Care Deeply Press proudly announces the release of the Optimist’s Cookbook. Recipes include a French Toast Casserole to put out when everyone is spiraling but you’re privately trusting it will be hard, and there …
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Peak 2020
This picture, of a commemorative F**K 2020 Christmas ornament that I mailed my Mother in Law, that broke into pieces in transit and fell from the envelope like the world’s saddest confetti, IS 2020. OPTIMISM; …
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Mom and Dad’s Room
Remember how when you’re little, there is Mom and Dad’s room, and the bed is as big as the World, it’s too high for you to crawl onto so you must be lifted onto it, …
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JOE 2020
A HISTORIC DAY. A WOMAN OF COLOR in the White House, a reason to finally exhale, the welcoming of hopefully 4 years of palate cleansing calm, gentle steps towards a shared Middle. FIRST THINGS FIRST: …
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HEY, LOOK OVER HERE
HEY LOOK AT THESE LIME TORTILLA CHIPS I MADE FROM SCRATCH! It’s Election Day, but instead of ruminating on that: I read somewhere the other day, Somewhere? The where is now lost in the Soup …
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Gnome Sweet Gnome
I’ve never been too big on Halloween, but I’m not gonna sleep on an opportunity to put a baby in a costume. So for Joe’s first Halloween, we tapped into his whimsical, discerning nature and …
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I’m Hot
In my pockets of narrow sleep window between baby feeding sleeps, I have been having THE MOST AMAZINGLY WEIRD DREAMS, like last night I dreamt I was driving around in a giant cardboard box and …