A year of endings…

While speaking with a friend back in Spring, I conveyed to her that 2020 feels like a year of endings; seven months later I realize how thoroughly it's held true. After thirteen eventful years, it was time to end our careers as speech and debate coaches, decided in February, before the pandemic hit the school...

Summer slideshow: saying so long and moving on

Over the years, my family has held dear the passage from Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 which goes... “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time...

A Year in Wax

Time to reflect on the past year, in life and on the blog...this happens to be my 60th post and a good way to wrap up the year highlighting a clearly documented wax addiction. Candles: There's been a shake-up in my best and worst candles since July's mid-year recap post. Best tried and true candle...

The Nutcracker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSoXMfoLeI Ba-ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-dah. I've been waxing nostalgic on the blog this month and hearing those first few notes of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker March brings back all of the childhood feels. I remember attending my first local ballet production with my mom and sister, as a middle schooler. By my excitement and awe one might have guessed I'd...

Gingerbread throw down

The iconic man-shaped cookie, spicy cousin to the beloved sugar cookie (which you can have anytime) gets its due for one brief month of the year. Though I may not enjoy cake and cookie bakery blends most of the time, I do crave the richer, more exotic sweetness of ginger spice around the holidays. I...

Nostalgia

As the crinkly crackle of autumn fades into a windy whisper of winter, my thoughts drift back to my childhood. This precise time of year, more than any other, makes me crave for the carefree comfort of youth. The holidays are still wrought with memories and emotion for me and probably will be for some time....