things you must know in 2014
The Lone Bellow is the new Civil Wars. (Start here.) Confirmed: Wuthering Heights can be ignored in both literary and miniseries form. Oblivion is a terrible movie and I will never watch another Tom...
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our new egg lady
Our egg and chicken farmer’s name is Lisa. I like her a lot because 1. She has a thick binder of photos of how her chickens live and eat on her and her husband’s farm. 2. She’s so nice. Like, “let me...
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of general interest | the weekend
Brad’s mom and dad are here this week and all I have to say is: Family is awesome. Particularly parents because they think every meal we make is the tastiest thing they’ve ever eaten, they say you’re...
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cookbooks for winter
You’ve heard that buzzword “hygge” by now, haven’t you? If not, it’s a Danish word that’s pronounced “hoo-guh” and is a blanket term to describe anything that captures the coziness of home. Think:...
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the good list (august 17)
Erin Loechner of Design for Mankind posts almost daily “good lists” on her instagram account chronicling little everyday graces. I love that idea. So here’s my good list for today, which turned into a...
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my read-less challenge
It is a truth universally acknowledged that nursing a milk-addicted toddler gives you ample time to read. (Related: Send weaning instructions, please.) I took advantage this year. Maybe too much....
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top 12 books of 2018
The books I wrote in, cried over, lent out, and learned from this year. 12 // New Minimalism by Cary Telander Fortin and Kyle Louise Quilici This is all the wisdom of paring down possessions minus the...
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top 10 books of 2019
Note: I wrote this in January (!) and got distracted. I know, I know. No one blogs better than I do. This is the year sleep, a new baby, and the care and keeping of the baby I already have pushed...
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top 10 books of 2020
Why is this post 11 months late? I plead old age and a diminishing desire to learn how new technology works. In other words: I didn’t know how to post here anymore. But take heart! I applied myself...
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top 10 (plus an arbitrary number of bonus) books of 2021
This was a good reading year. I’m either getting better at picking out books I’ll like, or better at abandoning ones I don’t, or both. I read a lot (for me) of theology this year. Maybe too much? I...
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