LIFESTYLE
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There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. ― Wendell Berry, Given olive | every evening you come outside with me, to pick pests off the plants and to water them. this
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When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow. ― Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet olive | I actually took this image of you in April, as you hopped
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There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient. ― Marilynne Robinson olive | your laugh is deep and rich, the sort that stems from your belly and echoes a room. God knew I needed
on endurance of heart
“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit We’re nearing the final days of May, a little shocking for me since this month has been so atypically cool and
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“Everything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.” ― Pablo Neruda olive | The Monarch butterfly on our front porch emerged from its chrysalis this week. We all gathered around watching it occasionally spread its
madewell + cloistered away
I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be hosting an event at Madewell in Dallas, Texas, next Saturday evening to celebrate the beginning of summer. I’ve always appreciated the brand’s minimalist design and simple palettes–something that resonates
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olive | You seem to be shifting daily, looking less and less little each day. You’ve been sleeping later this week, some days until mid-morning, an indication you might be growing or working harder to
an Instagram series | editing your phone photos
I like to think of editing less as a fix-it shop and more as the place where photos come to life, where the story or subject is emphasized. Honestly, there’s not an exact science to this
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olive | For Mother’s Day, you hugged me and said, “mom, I love that you are always kind to me and never feist me.” “Do you mean fight?” I asked. “No,” you assured me. “I