It’s my experience that Dax Shepard is polarizing to people. You either love him or you hate him. I for one thought I kind of hated him, then I tuned into his podcast Armchair Expert. With a catchy intro song,…
Well that month felt like a whirlwind. I’m sure it didn’t help that we were out of the country for a week during the shortest month of the year. I’ve always had a soft spot for February. It’s my birthday…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Do you ever feel like January is the Monday of a new year? Don’t worry – it may feel like 2018 is getting the last laugh by serving us five Mondays this month, but we’ve got eleven whole months ahead…
I don’t like being the center of attention. I’m more comfortable being slightly to the center of attention, making smart remarks and avoiding eye contact with my friends so we don’t laugh out loud. That made throwing me a bridal…