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.
You Are Not Behind. You Are Overloaded.
When do we admit our lives have grown too large for our limits? A letter for every capable woman who feels behind, when really she's simply overloaded.
A Hopeful Collection
A year after our weeks in Italy, a bird’s-eye view on the heavy load of modern life and why I’m starting small: seeds, spring baking, a hopeful collection of photographs, and a poem about walking.
The Unnecessesoirée: A Soirée for No Reason
Six years ago a few friends and I started a supper club with no reason at all. Why we break up winter's monotony with sequins and roasted olives, and how you can host your own.
Small Inconveniences
Notes from the barn, the kitchen and the dormant garden: why winter food on repeat is still delicious, the small inconveniences worth keeping, and holding on until lilacs and asparagus.
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.
Photos From Inside Our Little Cottage (+ A Favorite Pan-Fried Steak)
A peek inside our little cottage in the depths of winter, thoughts on what home means, why no major decisions (or bangs) are made in February, and a favorite pan-fried steak with olives and roasted peppers. Free printable recipe card included.
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.
A Kind Kitchen (+ My Favorite Jeweled Winter Salad)
A tired week, a winter pantry that carried us, the first lambs of the season, and my very favorite Jeweled Winter Salad with apples, pomegranate, walnuts and feta. Free printable recipe card included.
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.
Life Lately (+ Honey & Oat Bars)
Life lately: feeding the people through a hard winter, a love for our other home in Italy, a decade-old throwback, and the Honey & Oat Bars I tuck into my kids’ bags. Free printable recipe card included.
On What Cannot Be Rushed
Like a garden, a life isn't built in a day. On ripening slowly, embracing the years (and the wrinkles), and the good things that simply cannot be rushed.
I’ve Got 99 Problems (and They’re All Jars)
A letter on cooking, clutter and delight: why beauty in everyday cooking matters, tackling a pantry full of jars, building a ‘safe’ family grocery store, and woodpeckers outside the window.
You're Allowed To Be Ridiculous
I bought seeds for okra that grows twelve feet tall, purely for the delight of it. On loving beautiful, impractical things in the garden and in life, without needing to justify them.
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.
