Contentment Is Our Medicine
On why I refuse to waste my life being ticked off: choosing contentment, gratitude, and joy in the ordinary, everyday moments of home and family.
While the Husband’s Away
While the husband’s away, the wife will labor and play: a poolside note from a summer weekend with friends, World Cup games, garden work, and a new video from the kitchen.
Dear Guilty Woman...
A letter to every woman carrying guilt she doesn't need to carry, from someone recovering from the very same thing.
This Is Good!
Life hasn’t gotten any smoother lately, yet somehow it has gotten better. Honest thoughts on hard seasons, small kindnesses and hope, plus a new video from my kitchen.
Digging out of dark places
Five hours of mushroom hunting in the Cascade foothills, a hunger for life returning, and a light Barley and Mushroom Salad recipe to go with it.
I Can’t Believe I Get to Be a Part of This
The last day of our homeschool year, a messy house, and a tired mama. Why raising a family is hardly a sacrifice, but one of the greatest gifts in the whole world.
God said no.
I turn 40 tomorrow. Let's talk about hot dogs and holy things: how I'm celebrating, and what I've learned from the prayers God answered with no.
You Can Love Your Vacuum and Still… (+ Homemade Pici with Pancetta & Peas)
Meet Clean Elizabeth, our 17th anniversary, and a morning teaching my girls to make Homemade Pici with Pancetta & Peas, the hand-rolled pasta of Umbria. Free printable recipe card included.
How To Have More Fun As An Adult
Somewhere along the way, life got serious. On rediscovering fun as a grown-up: what lights you up, and why it's worth making room for it again.
We Built A Narrow Life on Purpose
Our days are on repeat, and that's on purpose. On boredom, sacrifice, and the long work of forming children in a wide world.
Enough. (A Simple Italian Beef Carpaccio, and Why It Matters)
Looking back on five weeks in Umbria with our children, and the dish I’ll never forget: beef carpaccio, as common to Italians as burgers and fries. A reminder of how simple good things can be.
The reality we're living in
Our modern culture and the life right in front of us tell two very different stories. An honest accounting of what I see when the veil comes down.
When the House Is on Fire, but There’s Work to Do
Notes from a woman of torn devotion: a chaotic house, a full workload, and finding a small bridge between home and the work that makes that life possible.
This Is How Dinner Actually Happens
Despite running an online cooking school, this is how dinner actually happens on busy nights: a frozen chicken straight into the oven, simple sides, and everyone gets fed.
5 Small Ways We Return To Ordinary Days
Coming in for a landing after the holidays: five small ways to enter back into ordinary days well, from pruning the schedule to making ordinary beautiful.
Ending The Year Imperfectly
A backed-up kitchen sink, dirty dishwater on the floor, and a gentle thought for anyone finishing the year unfinished, tangled, and imperfect.
