This gift guide is for little girls, ages 5-7, just about the ages of my two oldest, Zoe and Naomi. At this age, I love [continuing] to encourage creative and imaginative play. We have many of the items I included in this guide; these are some of my children’s favorite things to play with. We […]

Three cheers for gift guides! I’m thrilled to be sharing another 2019 gift guide with you today: the HOMESCHOOL MAMA GIFT GUIDE. Really, these gifts are for suitable for almost anyone. But they are perfect for the mama who needs a few beautiful, useful objects that are all hers. That help to create a little […]

I’m really, really thrilled to be sharing a few gift guides this year. I always intend to share gift ideas with you, but it always falls through the cracks. BUT NOT THIS YEAR! Today I’m sharing the GATHERING ESSENTIALS GIFT GUIDE. These are my go-to items for dinners large and small. They’re either exact products […]

Today I’m thrilled to be sharing the first A Daily Something Gift Guide of the 2019 holiday season, in partnership with Tuesday Morning! About a year ago I discovered my local Tuesday Morning store and have made an effort to stop by every few months to check out their constantly rotating – and incredibly well […]

Today I’m sharing 20 ideas for a more intentional Christmas. For our family, we try to make the Christmas season last for as long as possible. This year, for the first time ever, we bought a small, live – to be planted later – cedar tree. It’s about 4′ tall and will go in the […]

Nota bene: this is very long birth story. With lots of photos. Long story short: we had our fourth baby (our second home birth, and third vbac) on July 22 and it was raw and crazy and painful and incredible and intimate and miraculous. Read on for ALL THE DETAILS. I’m finally sharing our home […]

Is there any better way to celebrate the season than inviting a handful of friends over for a casual fireside gathering with an array of gourmet cheese, charcuterie, wine, and accouterments? If you know me, then you know my answer is a definite “no” – there is no better way! Welcoming guests with a giant […]

In the other gardens      And all up the vale,From the autumn bonfires      See the smoke trail!Pleasant summer over      And all the summer flowers,The red fire blazes,      The grey smoke towers.Sing a song of seasons!      Something bright in all!Flowers in the summer,      Fires in the fall!– Robert Louis Stevenson, Autumn Fires At my recent A Daily […]