The Journal
Three years of slow mornings, all in one place.
Every post I've written since I started the blog in the spring of 2023 — essays, recipes, routines, travel notes, book roundups, and a lot of small observations from a house in the Blue Ridge.
2026
- Apr 14MorningsMy slow-morning routine, slightly updated for spring
- Apr 05BooksWhat I'm reading this April — three quiet, thoughtful books
- Mar 28RecipesOur weeknight dinner rotation (I finally wrote it down)
- Mar 18HomeA small kitchen reset for a new season
- Mar 10TravelA long weekend in the mountains with the kids
- Feb 22EssayOn softer seasons
- Feb 14HomeA valentine's breakfast the kids can make (mostly)
- Feb 11Mom LifeThe ten-minute rule that saved our afternoons
- Feb 01BooksThe three books I keep gifting
- Jan 24JournalTurning thirty-seven, quietly
- Jan 19HomeA very small reading corner (a little tour)
- Jan 12RecipesThe slow-cooker chicken soup I make every January
- Jan 04JournalA gentle welcome to a new year (no resolutions)
2025
- Dec 22HomeA quieter Christmas, year three
- Dec 14BooksBooks I gave as gifts this year
- Dec 01JournalOn the first cold morning
- Nov 19RecipesA pumpkin loaf that is genuinely good on day three
- Nov 07MorningsThe mid-morning walk rule
- Oct 30HomeA very low-key Halloween
- Oct 22EssayOn saying no to one more thing
- Oct 14TravelA long weekend in Charleston (our slow itinerary)
- Oct 04RecipesOur autumn soup rotation
- Sep 19JournalBack-to-school, already tired
- Sep 02Mom LifeOn raising a reader (and also a child who hates reading)
- Aug 21HomeSunday pantry resets
- Aug 09TravelA rainy week at the beach, in our favorite little rental
- Jul 28BooksThe four books that made this summer
- Jul 14JournalA very soft Wednesday
- Jul 01RecipesA tomato sandwich, at the peak of its powers
- Jun 20MorningsWhy I stopped buying more planners
- Jun 08Mom LifeOur family's media-free Saturdays (six months in)
- May 23HomeThe herb garden I did not kill
- May 10JournalFor the mothers who are tired today
- Apr 22MorningsMy morning routine (the original post)
- Apr 09EssayLetting the laundry pile up on purpose
- Mar 28BooksFive quiet books for spring
- Mar 14RecipesA loaf of banana oat bread, slightly underbaked on purpose
- Feb 25TravelA winter weekend in the Shenandoahs
- Feb 09JournalOn the second cup of coffee
- Jan 22HomeA very unglamorous closet reset
- Jan 08JournalJanuary, and other gifts
2024
- Dec 18HomeA small Christmas, in a small house
- Dec 03BooksThe books I've loved this year
- Nov 21RecipesThe Thanksgiving sides I make every year (without fail)
- Nov 09EssayOn being a late-thirties beginner
- Oct 28MorningsThe wind-down that actually helps me sleep
- Oct 12TravelFall foliage with the kids — a slow itinerary
- Sep 26Mom LifeSending Ellie to kindergarten (I cried)
- Sep 07RecipesOur back-to-school breakfast rotation
- Aug 20HomeA very slow August
- Aug 01JournalWhat I'm doing this month (nothing, mostly)
- Jul 17BooksA summer reading list for tired adults
- Jul 04RecipesA simple peach cobbler, written down
- Jun 20JournalThe longest day of the year
- Jun 08MorningsA summer porch routine
- May 25TravelOur first big family road trip (and what I'd do differently)
- May 12EssayOn the kind of mother I wanted to be
- Apr 22HomeA year in the little yellow house
- Apr 08MorningsA slightly lazier spring morning
- Mar 21RecipesThe only granola I make now
- Mar 10JournalThings I learned our first year in the mountains
- Feb 19Mom LifeA quiet morning with a sick kid
- Feb 04EssayWhy I stopped posting so much
- Jan 23BooksThree books to slow a January down
- Jan 09JournalStarting the year with fewer plans
2023
- Dec 19HomeA very simple holiday
- Dec 02RecipesAn autumn soup rotation to keep us fed
- Nov 14HomeThings I learned our first year in the mountains
- Oct 29EssayLeaving the city was the right call
- Oct 10MorningsHow I'm thinking about sleep, finally
- Sep 20Mom LifeRaising kids outside of a city
- Aug 28HomeOur reading corner: a little tour
- Aug 09RecipesBanana oat pancakes (a classic around here)
- Jul 22EssayBreathwork, but gently
- Jul 07JournalA quiet Saturday, all to myself
- Jun 21MorningsMy first try at a morning routine
- Jun 02HomeSimple skincare, honestly
- May 16JournalMothering through a tired spring
- May 01HomeThe first real spring in the new house
- Apr 18EssayWhy I started this little blog
- Apr 04JournalMorning light, slow coffee, a new blog