I write to you today as the third member of the Thomas Family who has been stung by a wasp this week. They have us surrounded on all sides with a hive inside a raised garden bed just outside the patio door, and a shaggy gray nest tucked inside a recessed light fixture on the […]

I want a snowfall kind of loveThat lights up the sky from belowI want a snowfall kind of loveThat brings people to their window Ingrid Michaelson, Snowfall Our summer schedule is in full swing and, stacked with wedding season, it already has me craving a quiet, slower pace. I know that’s not in the cards […]

If you are not from the Winchester, VA area, do you know about the Handley Library? I didn’t until Olivia’s email came through at the end of January and I promptly texted my cousin Robin, she herself a Winchester native, and asked, “Where can I shoot in Winchester!?” Olivia and Nathan were planning on eloping […]

Wedding (and pollen!) season is in full swing and it feels so good to be back. It feels not so good to be sneezing and wanting to claw my itching eyeballs out upon even cracking a window, but as my sister-in-law says, you can’t sneeze if you’re unconscious (thanks, Benadryl!). I’m headed to Stone Tower […]

coming up for air Today feels hand-wringingly good. I’ve got fun news to share! I’ve had the same website for many years – after bouncing around with different styles, I settled on a simple, gorgeous design that highlighted the images with minimal text. Every time I updated it, it was through the lens of, “How […]