Mission: brightening up my kitchen
What I really want to do is to redecorate my home, top to bottom. But I’ll settle for some new tableware and…
Things I bought, things I want
Spring has not quite properly sprung, but there are fat little buds on the tree outside my bedroom window, the daffodils and…
VITAL THINGS WE HAVE FORGOTTEN
Just who is this Son of Man, anyway? JOHN 12:34 At the heart of Torrance’s approach is a plea to believers and…
The weekly edit: rediscovered beauty and renewed excitement for clothing
This is a spoiler alert that I broke my beauty and clothing no-buy after finally finding some things that sparked some excitement,…
A Blood Moon & Rebirth By Fire
March has been a storm for me. It’s not neat, it’s not gentle, and it’s not giving any time to catch my…
The Friday wrap-up
I am reading and loving Say Everything, the new memoir from Ione Skye (here she is with Keanu on the set of…
The Death of Personal Style with Liz Goldwyn
We’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of…
Zen and the Art of Civil Discourse
Image: Ludomił Sawicki on Unsplash Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire. Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers…
Fall, 1982, part 2
A very blurry picture of Sam and me, 1983 One night, not a week after sending word through the grapevine that I…
Shutter Your Business, Millie Bobby Brown
Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST! I’m fresh off of a fever-laced week of Covid — my third…