• Five for Friday, July 15: Sisterhood Edition

    Earlier this week, a friend shared an article that made me think about all the ways in which women fail to support each other. I’m as guilty of this as the next person. I’ve…

  • Work & Home

    Rethinking “Scruffy Hospitality”

    My mom was famous for keeping an immaculate house. If you walked through her front door unannounced, you’d find the carpets clean and the end tables dusted, the sliding glass door to the patio…

  • New Directions

    Making Better Choices

    If you read this blog with any regularity, you’ve probably concluded that I’m at something of a crossroads. Posts like How to Know If You’re Settling and The Road Not Taken probably tipped you…

  • Five for Friday, July 1: July 4th Edition

    I’m going to start with a confession: I’m not a huge fan of the 4th of July. I grew up in a military family. My father served in the Army for more than 20…

  • Five for Friday, June 24: Broken Rules Edition

    This morning, over coffee and the sleepy small talk that alwas accompanies our watching of the Today show, Mike and I were discussing the various fashion rules that have simply disappeared since we were…