A Reading Challenge — Who’s In?
Most writers are desperately hungry for compliments about their work, so I was all ears when my best friend started…
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A Motherhood Realization I Had While Ice Skating
We are at the public outdoor skating rink in our city, and it is cold, but I am hot. Sweat…
How to Make a Charm Necklace
I didn’t grow up in a jewelry family. I come from practical Midwestern folk who are more likely to send…
Recipe: Dark Chocolate Chili Mug Cakes
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Valentine’s at Nemacolin: Marie Antoinette-Inspired Tea & Romance
If you’ve been following our travels, you read about our recent Nemacolin review and know we fell head…
A Week of Outfits: Emma Copley Eisenberg
Emma Copley Eisenberg, who wrote the bestselling novel Housemates and runs the newsletter Frump Feelings, lives in Philly with her…
My Best Tomato Soup, Scaled Up
I often feel like a tiny speck of nothingness on this planet, but I never feel physically smaller than when…
How Great Is This Children’s Book About Feelings?
When I received a copy of the children’s book, Mixed Feelings, by New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck, I couldn’t wait to…
A Big Hug, Plus Four Things
Last night, my sister texted, “I just went to CoJ to see if you put a heartening message on Inauguration…
Have a Great (Long) Weekend
What are you up to this weekend? This week, I finished The Sopranos (wow, that last episode!) and need my…
