Front Yard Veggies
Seasonal living, garden to table, and intentional home food production from a New England backyard.
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Subscription Fatigue, Catholic Guilt, and a New Notebook (opens the original)
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Hello, everyone! First, I want to apologize for a lapse in posts the last couple weeks — I’m getting my bearings with the back-to-school routine and kids’ activities and general life overwhelm and I have been feeling riddled with guilt for not posting. Especially for paid subs! I’ll figure out on the back end how to comp everyone a free month. :) Enough self-flagellation, though. To be honest, it’s been hard to show up here because I feel like I’ve hit a creative wall. And I’m in one of those “e
I'm Living by Ina's "Store-Bought Is Fine" Now (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published“Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.” ― Brené BrownDuring a Costco trip last month I did something that to me pre-kids was unimaginable: I picked up a case of pre-made little individu
The Kinda Chic Trend Makes Me Want to Yeet My Phone into the Nearest Body of Water (opens the original)
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Sometimes, I get a bee in my bonnet about something I see/hear/watch and toss it around in my head for a while, vacillating between these two thoughts: This might be a good thing to write about, and other people might agree —hit publish!You can think about this, but don’t write it because it may come off as “pick me” and “not like the other girls” Today, the former thought won out by a skosh. But just barely! I think what put me over the edge was sitting down to scroll Instagram on my computer t
Decluttering as a Scarred Former Minimalist (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published“Do not keep anything in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” — William MorrisBefore moving to this house in 2020, the longest we had lived anywhere before moving was 4 years — both in Brooklyn, and then in Santa Monica. Prior to those spots, I had shorter stints in Boston, San Francisco, and Jersey City. What this semi-regular moving afforded me was the regular opportunity to clean h
Unfollow the Climate Doomers In Your Feed (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published“It’s important for me to have hope because that’s my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we’re not going to leave them in a world that’s in shambles, that’s a chaotic place, that’s a dangerous place.” —James CameronRecently, I saw a TikTok proclaiming that “doomerism is a weak man’s game and a coward’s way out” and I smashed the repost
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