In her 1993 book “Dakota,” Kathleen Norris describes growing up in a Methodist church where her father was choir director. From toddler age she sang in the cherub choir, and took the sheet…

(*the amount of friction I have removed from writing here more by simply titling these with the date is huge. “Thinking up a title” can sometimes just stop me in my tracks entirely.)…

January 6 was Twelfth Night – and that means we now have King Cake on the counter! Carnival season has begun. I am in a walking krewe this year called the Candy Girls.…

I took the boys out around lunchtime yesterday to shop for their dad. We do this for each other and it’s cute and getting more touching. When they were little they used to…

It is 2024! I will do my annual check in posts, but also wanted to note that Gretchen Rubin (my favorite happiness expert) has suggested that we all try to write 24 in…