I saw something interesting this morning as I was reading through Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper (sidetone: if you are not subscribed to her Sunday Paper, I highly encourage you to be – it’s a beautiful little newsletter that has become part of my Sunday morning ritual to re-center and re-charge myself for the week ahead;…
Quiet Mornings
I revel in the still, quiet mornings. The mornings when I sit, coffee in hand, and rest. Reflect. Life is busy. Hectic. Even frantic at times. And so I come find rest in the quiet mornings. I gaze out my window and smile. I feel gratitude for these quiet moments. My mind wanders during these…
Bucket Lists
Tonight I started browsing through some of my old writings, I guess to spark some inspiration. I’ve always kept journals, but I’ve also kept quite an assortment of writings on my computer – letters to people I never sent to get my thoughts down on paper, crappy poems, story ideas, random musings. They date back…
A Weekend Away is Good for the Soul.
Last weekend was my 2nd weekend since Griffin and I moved in together that I was away from home. The first time was for a bachelorette party. This time it was a church retreat at my family’s lake house. On the one hand, I was kind of excited to be laying in a bed I…
My Favorite Photographs from 2019
A compilation of some of my favorite photographs taken in 2019, in no particular order. 1. Porto, Portugal I shot this photograph after a very long day that did not go according to plan. I thought I had booked my boyfriend and I two tickets on an early morning train from Lisbon to Porto, but…
Looking Ahead – New Years 2020 Part Two
I’ve decided to create a New Year’s post in two segments. Part one will be looking back and reflecting on 2019, while Part two will be looking ahead to all that lies ahead in 2020. Every year, my friends and I get together and create vision boards for the upcoming year. It’s become a tradition I…
Looking Back – New Years 2020 Part One
I’ve decided to create a New Year’s post in two segments. Part one will be looking back and reflecting on 2019, while Part two will be looking ahead to all that lies ahead in 2020. I love New Year’s. I think it might actually be one of my favorite holidays. I love the idea of a…
Rain
I think rainy, cool mornings when I have no where in particular I have to be may be one of my favorite things. Is there anything cozier than being curled up in a blanket, coffee in hand, reading a good book with the only noise being the gentle patter of raindrops on the window? Such…
The Dreamers Keep Dreaming
I like to think of my brain as a motor operating at full speed ahead 95 percent of the time. I always have a million ideas swirling through my head of things to do, places to go, items to check off a never-ending imaginary to-do list. Even when I have time off to sit and…
My Historic Home Sweet Home
It is currently 83°F, sunny and slightly breezy. A perfect spring day in Oklahoma (these are rare and to be soaked up whenever possible). I am lounging on my front porch, getting some grading done, doing a little reading, and enjoying these fleeting moments of peace, solitude, and sunshine-y warmth. My friends are green with…