1. this bandana. {for tying back too-long bangs, etc.} 2. these zinnias. {for being the last hangers-on.} 3. this old helmet. {and dusting it off.} 4. this “office.” {for being a tiny spot of…
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Tip #194: Ask for it out loud. James and I started sending each other apartment listings this week. Thanks to my parents and popsicles, we were able to sit still long enough to think…
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1. this dollhouse. {in a new spot.} 2. this garden posy. {and being able to pick it myself.} 3. this sleeping baby. {in her grandparents’ house.} 4. this razor. {and the deep-dive i went…
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1. this flowering basil. {just because.} 2. this wrap onesie. {because they’re the easiest.} 3. these rain drops. {and a plan cancelling rainstorm.} 4. these earrings. {and remembering to wear them.} 5. this squeeze…
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Tip #193: There’s always room. The ways in which our world has shrunk in on itself since March sometimes makes me gasp for air while I’m loading the dishwasher. There are moments in the…
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1. these clam shells. {the sweetest birthday treasures.} 2. this bunch of yarrow. {in all the best colors.} 3. this popcorn. {the perfect snack.} 4. this pink cup. {because the number of broken cups…
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1. this hand-me-down bonnet. {for being already almost too small, but not quite.} 2. this bathing suit hung to dry. {and the borrowed car and the empty beach.} 3. this morning project {and the…
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1. this morning sunshine. {on pillows.} 2. these green plants. {on a clean windowsill (clean window TBA).} 3. this newly washed pile. {of freshly puckered gauze.} 4. this work of non-fiction. {and the almost-end…
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This weekend I harvested the shoots from the microgreens that I planted three weeks ago; tiny seeds sown in a windowsill garden when George Floyd could still breathe. I was more patient with these…
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1. these sparkles. {on these grubby fingers and everyone else’s, per the birthday kid’s request.} 2. this lock. {because it’s on the closet door now and not the bedroom door and everything’s suddenly much…