happy first day of fall

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  Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter’s deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, ...

my favorite gift to give

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  so in case you didn't already know, christmas eve is TOMORROW. gulp. fortunately after a productive weekend, the pile of once unwrapped gifts residing on my desk is now safely contained beneath some festive wrapping paper and bows. just in time for santa. so in case you're looking for a last-minute gem to sneak under the tree, i thought i'd ...

to stir with love

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image via: not without salt.   they say a way to a man's heart is through his stomach. and while that's certainly true (two words: magic bars), i think the same can be said about a woman's heart, too. you can even take the express route if the dish involves chocolate and/or peanut butter. it's no secret that food ...

it’s friday, i’m in love || 9/19/14

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happy weekend-eve, y'all. i am so glad to be through with this week -if for no other reason than for the fact that it's supposed to drop at least 20 degrees this weekend and i don't think i can handle one more night of sleeping starfished out on my bed beneath the fan. fall? are you ...

it’s friday, i’m in love || 6/13/14

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happy friday! and for those of you who are superstitious, happy friday the 13th (cue spooky noises and theme song from the haunted mansion ride at disneyland). since i've worked a total of six days over the course of the past two weeks, logging a full 40 hours this week was a cold splash of reality. but ...

thirty days of thankfulness: 11/13/13

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"have you ever heard of shauna niequist?"  this is a question i find myself asking everyone these days. girlfriends, acquaintances, co-workers, even members at the club. author of three novels -cold tangerines, bittersweet, and her most recent work, bread & wine -a collection of essays that also incorporate personal recipes, shauna has been in the literary game for ...

notes from niequist: first day of fall

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“Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter's deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, ...

the extra in the ordinary

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i don't believe in accidents in life. i mean, there are the kind where you spill grape juice all down the front of your crisp white dress, and maybe those unforeseen (no pun intended) times when you stab yourself in the eye with the mascara wand (boys, i know you feel me on that one) ...

notes from niequist: my life story

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every life tells a story, through words and actions and choices, through our homes and our children, through our clothes and dishes and perfumes. we each play a character in a grand drama, and every single direction matters. we tell our stories, and we let God's story be told through our stories. we hide and ...

notes from niequist: embrace the change

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in honor of my recent completion of shauna niequist's bittersweet, and of my pending reading of cold tangerines and her latest release, bread and wine (saving those for my next trip over cinco de mayo weekend), i've decided to occasionally post a "note from niequist"-an inspirational line or series of lines from one of her books to either evoke self-reflection, or simply ...

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