This Moment: November 6
by Stacey
“Autumn… the world’s last, loveliest smile.” -William Cullen Bryant
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Start With What You Know
by Stacey
I believe that the best advice about writing is to read. As Stephen King writes, ”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.” So often my written words are inspired by the words of others. Today and tomorrow the girls don’t have school. It’s the New […]
Read moreMakeup
by Stacey
When I am in a creativity lull, I find that going straight to prompts is my only way out. I started back in with the #my_365 prompts on Instagram yesterday because my paltry collection of fall pictures was making me sad. And today, I thought I would go back to my 31 More Things Prompts to […]
Read moreQuick Lit: October 2015
by Stacey
I am a bit late for Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit but I think this is a better late than never kind of thing, right? Here are this month’s reads… Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. Caroline read this one and insisted I read it so we could discuss the ending. Everything Everything is the story […]
Read moreThis Moment: October 16
by Stacey
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” -L.M. Montgomery
Read morePicture Book Favorites: Early Fall Edition
by Stacey
It feels like a really long time since I wrote a picture book posts. Here are some of our recent favorites. Enjoy! This is Sadie written by Sara O’Leary & illustrated by Julie Morstad. Sadie is a little girl with a huge imagination. I am so glad we were able to share a day with her […]
Read moreLockdown
by Stacey
This post is inspired by my wise friend, Kathleen Harris. Around lunch time today, a friend came over because her washing machine had broken mid cycle. She borrowed ours to finish her wash. We sat at the kitchen table talking about, appliances, meetings and fundraisers, sports and girl drama. She peeked at her phone and […]
Read moreThe End of a Fall Tradition
by Stacey
This weekend we took our annual pumpkin picking trip to DePiero’s Farm. We actually began getting our pumpkins at DePiero’s before we even moved. According to the picture below, Rob’s parents brought DePiero’s pumpkins with them when they visited us in Richmond. Apparently, Caroline looked like this the first time we went to DePiero’s for […]
Read moreQuick Lit: September 2015
by Stacey
Today I’m linking up with one of my favorite bloggers, Modern Mrs. Darcy, for her monthly post, Quick Lit. Here is a quick look at what I have been reading this month. 11/22/63 by Stephen King. I keep going back and forth about the value of reading super long books that take me forever to […]
Read moreQuotes & The State of Blogging
by Stacey
Quotes, the recent prompt from Ali Edwards 31 More Things came at a great time. There is a lot of talk about the state of the blogging world. Many of my favorite bloggers (Lindsey, Nina and Kristen) have all written about it lately. I am in my own season of questioning what I am doing […]
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