Aug 4, 2015 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
I was already excited. Any minute now, and for the first time since Easter weekend, my sweet Eliza would be pulling her little black car into our driveway and parking it. She’s been a long time gone, you see, due to senior year activities and an...
Jul 25, 2015 | travel & adventure
At the very last minute–and by that I mean I didn’t even shower first–we hopped in the car for a quick trip to the mountains. We grabbed our things, our dog, three Lexington County peaches that were at risk of getting overly ripe, and off we went....
Jul 23, 2015 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
I made a new friend today, a young woman with whom I was corresponding about The Daily Grace. She ended one of the emails with this lovely comment: I’m now into reading your older blog posts and love the 30 Day Series! I’m going to have to do the “Fun” ones before...
Jul 15, 2015 | ideas & inspiration
I do. I’ve loved camp since I was 10, packing up my big blue trunk with everything a girl needs for two, three, five weeks away from home; kissing my parents goodbye, choosing a bunk bed (top please), swimming in the lake, weaving lanyards, learning dances,...
Jul 10, 2015 | birds & bears
As days go, this has to be one of the best ever. First, the Confederate Flag no longer flies on the grounds of our South Carolina Statehouse. In tribute I humbly offer Columbia poet Nikky Finney reading a poem she wrote in the early morning hours yesterday, just after...
