Leah

Leah

Losing Control in a Whole Foods Parking Lot

At least once a month, I drive to Raleigh to meet a running partner turned good friend for a Saturday morning run and breakfast date. Gunner and Sophie, our German Shorthaired Pointers, tag along, and we usually swap gossip about…

What I Know Wednesday

What I Know Wednesday is a bi-weekly round-up of thoughts, ideas and recommendations from the desk of Leah Jarvis. The best advice for writing is to write what you know. This is what I know. . . Moving On and…

Book Club: City of Girls

Much like Where the Crawdads Sing earlier this spring, Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book City of Girls seems like IT. IS. EVERYWHERE. right now. It’s like the book of the summer for middle-class white women this year.  “. . .at some…

What I Know Wednesday

What I Know Wednesday is a bi-weekly round-up of thoughts, ideas and recommendations from the desk of Leah Jarvis. The best advice for writing is to write what you know. This is what I know. . . Finding the Magic…

Instant Pot Test Kitchen

I took major advantage of the book sale during Amazon’s Prime Day. I picked up a few fiction titles I had on my list, but more importantly, I snagged a copy of The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook by Coco Morante.…

An Hour a Day

In the past month, I’ve started knitting an hour a day on Kevin’s fisherman sweater. It sounds like I’m committing myself to a lot these days, but I'm learning that's how you get things done.

Iron Your T-Shirts

A photo of an iron

It’s no secret that I work from home. I’ve been shouting about it on Twitter and to anyone who looks my way for the past month. It’s glorious, hard, rewarding, discouraging and unlike anything I have ever experienced in my…

What I Know Wednesday

What I Know Wednesday is a bi-weekly round-up of thoughts, ideas and recommendations from the desk of Leah Jarvis. The best advice for writing is to write what you know. This is what I know. . . Just Start Writing…