in honor of football (pre)season starting next week(!), i give you: the ultimate coach taylor pep talk. because everyone can use a good pep talk every now and then. and most certainly, everyone can use a good dose of coach taylor, too. clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
bloom where you’re planted
it was a saturday. i had opted to wear my recently purchased blue floral dress from target and my white lace-up espadrilles to mark the occasion. and though nervous, i did my best to hide my anxiety as i stepped foot into the club that day. july 14th, 2007. the first of many steps i ...
drew, is that you?
have you ever been told that you look like a celebrity? (i'm going to assume that you're nodding your head yes). chances are, we've all been told a time or twelve that we resemble one of hollywood's finest. we're all running around as doppelgangers of that one actress in that one movie that you saw on a ...
notes from niequist: why we write
...i write because other writers’ words changed my life a million and one ways, and i want to be a part of that. i began writing because there were things i wanted to say with so much urgency and soul i would have climbed a tower and shouted them down, would have written them in skywriting, ...
sundays in the kitchen
i have always loved sunday. i mean don't get me wrong, i love saturday, too, but there's just something about having a productive sunday that i relish in week after week. and maybe it's because these days, sundays have become synonymous with time in the kitchen. actually, they've really become synonymous with food in general ...
breaking up
before you close your browser, don't worry, this isn't a post about breaking up. well, it is. but it's not what you think. i'm not hear to tell you about a break-up or how to cope with one or that i've been through my fair share of them or any of that. you have heard plenty from me on ...
bravery
i heard this song recently on the radio and immediately feel in love with its melodic beat. it's the kind of song that you blast while driving on PCH with your windows rolled down, hair playing in the wind, swaying your body in your seat with reckless abandon. and while i may or may not ...
the in-between
i feel like right now is a weird time of year. to re-interpret a britney spears song (yep, going there), "it's not summer, not yet fall." we're in that weird in-between stage where the weather is still warm and peaches are still in season, but then you go to target and all of the back-to-school ...
the elle-bee flea
sure, it was a bit unnerving when my alarm woke me from my slumber yesterday morning at an hour i don't even arise on a workday for, but after a quick splash of cold water on my face and a visit to starbucks, i was prepped and ready for this early morning adventure. so i ...
on aging
when we were kids, all we wanted to be was to be older. when we were seven and a half and someone said we were only seven, we were furious. we probably even cried about it. can you imagine doing that now as an adult? "this is marsha. she's forty-two." "forty-two and a half! you ...
