Walmart Birkins with Alyssa Vingan
Walmart Birkins with Alyssa Vingan Listen now | Episode 9 of The Review of Mess Podcast We’re back with another very special…
Exile as the Christian Default
But O For the Touch of a Vanished Hand, 1888, Walter Langley https://unsplash.com/@birminghammuseumstrust A frequent comment from participants in the Seven Stories…
Places I’ve lived, part 2
20 Fifth Avenue, 2004-2010 Typically, when I drive or walk past a place in this city where I used to reside, I…
10 good everyday bags
I spent a solid chunk of yesterday searching for handbags that clear my (admittedly high, maybe arbitrary) bar, and it made me…
Make mine corduroy
A wide-wale jacket in an excellent mustard yellow, with appealingly big pockets. I never like white (or white adjacent) pants that are…
Living in the Grey
This week’s devotional focuses on stepping away from absolutes and finding strength, faith, and purpose in the grey spaces of life. By…
Things I bought, things I want
It was with a heavy heart that I canceled the trip to L.A. that we were supposed to make in a couple…
Manifest Destiny Of The Dermis
Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST. In this issue: Cosmetics & climate change! AI product reviews! Stem…
Hydrating the Soul
When I was a teenager, my best friend and I dreamed of throwing a dual Sweet 16. Her birthday was mid-October, mine…
Checking in
It felt wrong to post about anything but the fires today—what a waking nightmare this has been. My thoughts are with all…