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  • cozying up for fall with tradlands.

    This post is sponsored by Tradlands, a women’s clothing brand specializing in menswear-inspired staples for women.Since their launch in 2012, Tradlands has devoted itself to making the very best button-up shirts for women. In large part,…

    September 27, 2016 32 Comments
  • make-believe: kite flying.

    September feels like a good month to fly a kite in. Blame it on the preponderance of kites in children’s books, but Faye is very into them lately and I’m sure at any moment I’ll…

    September 14, 2016 19 Comments
  • make-believe: a studio of one’s own.

    Virginia Woolf wrote about the importance of having a room of one’s own in which to work. The slim volume—two essays really—is worth a reread, though I’d recommend not letting it derail your work morning…

    August 31, 2016 26 Comments
  • make-believe: new england road trip.

      Summertime in New England comes with a special kind of rejoicing. Even on the muggiest days, it’s hard not to be thankful that the sun’s shining and glinting off the water and maybe crisping…

    August 3, 2016 16 Comments
  • warm weather shapes with elizabeth suzann.

    This post is sponsored by Elizabeth Suzann, a women’s clothing label based in Nashville, Tennessee.I don’t often think about the shape of my clothes. I guess I do in an abstract sense: I think about how…

    July 26, 2016 52 Comments
  • make-believe: summer reading | reading my tea leaves

    make-believe: summer reading list.

    Oh, the joys of a summer reading list. So much time, so many options, so many opportunities to collect gold star stickers for all of your efforts. As an adult the gold star stickers…

    July 13, 2016 37 Comments
  • summer comfort with tradlands.

    This post is sponsored by Tradlands, a women’s clothing brand specializing in button-up shirts made in the USA.It’s a conundrum: your favorite worn-in button-up is just right for most occasions and just wrong for others.…

    July 12, 2016 41 Comments