I’m in a season of taking leaps. At least for me, they are leaps. All of this is sometimes painfully uncomfortable for me. It is also wildly energizing and validating. I feel more like me than I’ve felt since before Read more…
How We Celebrate A Bookish Valentine’s Day as a Family Decorations – Growing up, my mom was a big holiday decorator and it was such a joyful part of my childhood. I’ve continued this for my own kids and they Read more…
I’ve been thinking a lot about my parenting lately. All the ways I fall short. All the times I yell. My lack of patience. My need for quiet time to fill my cup that never seems to get fully met. Read more…
I generally bring some ambitious energy to January. It’s a combination of the post-winter break return to routine, the new year, and my birthday being at the beginning of January. It’s like the world screaming at me to CHANGE YOUR Read more…
Let’s be real. My reading life would not have survived the last few years without comfort like Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series and Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books. And lately, I feel a little tired of only reading these delightful, Read more…
I was chatting with a bookish friend the other day about our reading lives. We were both reflecting on how 2022 was filled with a ton of comfort and mood reading; thrillers for her, romance and cozy mysteries for me. Read more…
Since 2013, I’ve tracked how many books I read during the year. It started out at 24, then climbed to the 40s, the 60s, back down to 40s, and then really spiked in 2020 and 2021 with 82 and 99. Read more…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – it’s end of year book list time! For me, this time of year is very reflective, and that includes thinking about the books I read this year. For the past two Read more…
This is a funny post for me to write right now because I’m not reading. I’m finding myself doing crossword puzzles (I found this one at Blue Willow Books last week!), binging Harry and Megan and Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix Read more…
Do you ever feel like you have no margin? No downtime in your day? Like you are whac-a-mole-ing work and life tasks from the time you wake up until the time you collapse in bed at night? I have felt Read more…