Knit Night #5 | Feb. 25
I missed last week’s knit night. After spending the day Saturday in Virginia with my family then spending most of the day Sunday with my in-laws, I was full on introverting by Sunday afternoon. I’m very excited to be back,…
Leah
twenty-eight
Six years ago on my first foray into blogging, I wrote a post entitled “22 Lessons in 22 Years!” I can picture 22-year-old me with her Zooey Deschanel bangs and determined cheerfulness now boldly claiming, “Trust me, experience is life’s…
Talk is Cheap
One of my most vivid memories from elementary school is one of shame. It was the end of the day, I was kneeling down to collect my things from my cubby box, and my teacher came up to me and…
Book Club: Still Me
Let’s talk about Louisa Clark. I discovered her in the summer of 2014 when I first read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. The story of Louisa meeting Will absolutely wrecked me. I couldn’t read that book quickly enough. When…
Spinach Tomato Tortellini Soup
I am not a food photographer, nor while I ever be. I prefer preparing and eating food which is why most of my food photos look like an afterthought. They usually are. We received the Damn Delicious cookbook as a…
Book Club: The Secret Life of Violet Grant
Disclaimer: I devoured this book in a single day. I couldn’t put it down. Well, it didn’t hurt that I was trapped on a plane for seven hours, but I could have been knitting. Here’s the thing about New York,…
Learning to Ski
Learning to ride a bike, having your tonsils removed, learning to ski – some things are just better off doing when you’re a kid. There’s something about the unwavering nerve of kids that help them look into the face of…
Sunday Night Knit Night | no. 4
Oh hey there. I’m so happy to sit down and knit tonight! After a week full of skiing and twelve hours of traveling yesterday, things are finally starting to quiet down over here. What I’m Knitting I haven’t started anything…
Sunday Night Knit Night | no. 3
Welcome to the Super Bowl Sunday Night Knit Night (say that five times fast!) I hope you’re enjoying some extra special food tonight for this momentous occasion in the United States. I’m impartial towards the game as I was hoping…
Book Club: Everything I Never Told You
After hearing many rave reviews for Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere, I thought I’d hop on the bandwagon and get to reading her stuff. Unfortunately, LFE has a giant waitlist at my library, but her book “Everything I Never Told…