Some of my fellow writers are knocking it out of the park lately with helpful guides on sustainable living. I found these posts wonderfully resourceful and can’t wait to share them with you! Hannah shares How to Get Rid of Stuff Without Chucking It in a Goodwill Bin: “Any aspiring minimalist or zero-waste living enthusiast […]
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We introverts have enjoyed the limelight lately. Books and articles extol our hidden virtues and proclaim the wisdom of keeping an introvert handy at all times. For those of us who often feel invisible in the chaos, it’s been nice. Lately, though, I’ve realized how thankful I am for the extroverts in my life. A
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Backpack: Esperos | Socks: PACT | Shoes: Nisolo | Shirt: Bill’s Khakis | Pants: Bill’s Khakis As my husband seeks to update his work wardrobe, I thought I would do him a favor and compile a list of affordable, ethical clothing options for men….only to find that the “affordable” part of that is quite elusive.
T-shirt: Everlane | Skirt: Lux, via clothing swap | Necklace: Gift from my mom from a trip out west When searching for sustainable fashion, I’ll look at US-made pieces in addition to fair trade options. While I’m not going to pretend that slave labor doesn’t exist in the U.S., I like to think that
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Back in the day, my man and I found ourselves living very Nashville lives. He was finishing up college and playing keyboard/loops for Riki Michele, and I worked for a record label. We were quite poor, crazy busy, and erm, well, I still had a lot of growing up to do. But we made some
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David’s birthday was a few weeks ago, and I decided to make him a basketball cake. The little guy is all about sports and balls, and I figured a basketball cake would be a fun novelty that wouldn’t require a special pan. I took an informal cake decorating class a couple of years ago, built
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Sitting in my favorite coffee shop. Indie rock blares over the sound system. Students, artists, musicians, and mommies all sit at their tables, adding to the world with conversations and roadmaps, hunched over tablets and sharing notes. Common rumor legend says a really famous dude lives above the shop. I’ve never seen him. I wouldn’t
For years I had heard my culinarily-gifted friends bemoan the use of baking mix. Yet I used it almost every week – for pancakes, waffles, biscuits. I leaned heavily on my friend-in-a-box. I did try to make waffles from scratch once, right after I got married. I think they turned out okay, but all I
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A few months ago, Real Simple sponsored an essay contest asking readers to share how they achieved balance in their lives. I didn’t enter the contest, but the essay wrote itself in my head anyway. I have to remind myself daily, hourly, of how I can achieve balance in my life. I’ve given up on
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You guys, I totally don’t want to write a blog post tonight. I’m tired and grumpy. I haven’t been sleeping well (and, ah, I’ve been staying up a bit too late reading). But I’ve found that blogging, like sleep and exercise, helps keep me sane. So here I am, tappity-tappity, here we go round the
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