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  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    weekly bits #39: podcast edition (opens the original)

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    Iiiiit’s Friday and I am…barely keeping my eyes open! My husband has been out of town this week for a business trip and I really can’t imagine at this moment in time how single parents do it. My parents are even next door helping me and I still feel so zonked. With one baby! Let alone more! I do think maybe my four pets combined count as another baby. But woof. Sam gets home today and I can hardly wait. As for the bits this week, we’re switching things up! I have an audio version for ya today wi

  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    weekly bits #38: hot dog octopus (opens the original)

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    A very happy Friday to all who celebrate.Fall is right around the corner — eeeeep! I love fall. How very original. The weather is turning, every day I have a new idea for my baby’s first Halloween costume and I’m finally turning 30 next month. I say finally because I feel like I’ve been thirty my entire life and I’m relieved it’s almost here. It’s not that I wish my twenties goodbye — they’ve been great — but there’s a beautiful chapter turn at 30 that I welcome with open arms. Getting older and

  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    weekly bits #37: small tomatoes, resident evil & the natural deodorant debate (opens the original)

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    My friends!! Happy happy Friday.You guys, I’m still on an absolute tear. Nearly every day we’ve been out and about for multiple hours, bopping around, hikes and mom groups galore. And my baby is napping! Real, long naps! By herself! I hardly know what to do with myself. Turns out extra stimulation = longer naps, duh. But babies are just gonna baby, as they say…watch it all change next week. But seriously, I hardly recognize myself. I feel like I’m getting practiced in just throwing myself into t

  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    weekly bits #36: wild corn, cleaning hacks & the love island USA reunion (opens the original)

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    Good morning! Good afternoon! I don’t know what time it is. It’s been pedal-to-the-metal over here (self-inflicted, mostly). I must say I’m quite proud of myself for staying true to my word and not retreating into my hidey hole this week as I try and build more of a community of other moms — in fact, dare I say, it’s been easy? Moms are really so awesome. They are the most understanding and invested people I’ve ever met, and by their very nature, excellent caregivers both to their babies and to

  5. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    weekly bits #35 (opens the original)

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    Welcome to Weekly Bits, an every-Friday installment of stories & recommendations from the week. Free from ads, affiliate links, and noise.Haaaappppyyy Friday my sweets.I’ve been bustling this week. As a true being-at-home lover, routine-haver, predictable-pleasure enthusiast I am not quick to pack my schedule unless required, but it was time. Actually, as soon as I started writing this, I instead opened a new tab and spilled out this essay on building community and adult friendships and my own s

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