I’m so excited to tell you about two wonderful women—Jen Schmidt, from Balancing Beauty and Bedlam, and Jenny Martin, from Southern Savers—who are hosting an awesome conference in Asheville, North Carolina, called The Becoming Conference. The conference is centered around intentional living and will be held at the Ridgecrest Conference Center, August 9th and 10th. [...]
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I’m sitting here in my maxi dress—which apparently I was too lazy to exchange for yoga pants today—with 3 day hair and not a stitch of make-up, watching the Masters with Stevie and barely able to hold my eyes open. I have not been worth a dime today, dear ones. And by that I mean, [...]
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It seems like months since we’ve talked! I’ve missed you. Oh wait, was I was the one who left? And where has the month gone? I spent the better part of it sick so I feel like I should get a do-over. If you can believe it, we are STILL coughing and heavily laden with [...]
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Jeanne interviewed me as part of her Creativity Takes Courage series. She interviewed Melody Ross last month and now I’m in love with both of them! You’ll need to sign in to her site to view the video. Emily just finished her 3rd book, A Million Little Ways. You can preorder here! Jon Acuff’s new [...]
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Hey, you nerdy book club friends, the Plato discussion is up and I can’t wait to hear from you! Right at this very moment, I’m hovering between two worlds. The new world of 2013 and all it’s hope and promise. And then all those things I didn’t finish in 2012 that try to pin me [...]
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First, I’d like to send out a huge big hug and smooch to the wonderful, creative people who support this blog by referring to it, linking to it, telling their friends about it, facebooking it, tweeting it, listing it in your sidebar, etc, etc, etc. I LOVE you all and am so humbled and grateful [...]
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I am so blessed and I know it. I have the most amazing friends and family. This post makes me happy because it’s full of people I love! In February, I went to Blissdom and had so much fun with Ruth and Patty and Emily. I learned a lot. And I’m seriously contemplating going this [...]
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Before I launch into the most visited posts for this year, I wanted to acknowledge the recent issues with my site. I’ve gotten lots of emails and messages about your computer ‘locking up’ when you try to load the site and then not being able to view it or your browser shutting down. If [...]
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It’s been a good year, 2012. While my mind is racing, pondering my 2013 plans and schemes, I thought I’d post my 2012 recap over a few posts. Today—-my favorite photos from the year. Let’s start with these darling people. I adore them all. They make everything better. And some of my favorite shots [...]
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Long story short, here’s how it happened. My friend, Gretchen, a freelance food and wine writer, pitched the story of our house fire and rebuild to several shelter magazines after our rebuild last year. Several months later, we found out that BHG wanted to run the story. WHATTTTTTTTT? Y’allllll???!!!! I have been beside myself [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
