Lately || July 2025

July brought unfathomable tragedy to many Texans, including some just miles from my home. It feels wrong to keep on with life as usual when life has changed or even ended for ...

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Bookish Considerations: A few thoughts on The StoryGraph.

In my last Bookish Considerations post, I shared about my experience with Goodreads, which I have been using to catalogue my books since 2012. (As a quick aside, thanks so much to ...

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Year Six of Homeschooling: Our Plans for 5th Grade and Kindergarten

Summer is still underway for many, but in our home it’s just about time to head back to school. We will be starting our school year next Monday, which is an earlier ...

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What do “they” owe us? (A thoughtful approach to content creation and consumption.)

Back in June, NY Times journalist David Marchese interviewed comedian Andrew Schulz for The Daily. Though I was only vaguely familiar with the comedian prior to the interview, it was one of the ...

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Nickelson Ryan || Eleven Months Old

My Dearest Nickelson Ryan, We are breathlessly close to the finish line with these monthly updates. I have to admit that I’m feeling some “update fatigue” here at the eleventh hour (see ...

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How I Have Changed in the Last Ten Years

Before we begin: if you missed last Thursday’s post, in which I first broached this topic and explored my hangups around the question of “How have you changed in the last ten ...

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How Have You Changed in the Last 10 Years?

Back in the spring, I listened to a podcast episode titled How Have You Changed in the Last 10 Years? In it, podcast host Laura Tremaine and her longtime friend, Meg Tietz, ...

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Quick Lit + July 2025

I have a lot of words to say today about a lot of books, so let’s skip all introduction and get right to the reviews! NONFICTION All the Worst Humans: How I ...

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Just Asking

“Kaaaallleeeee! Is THAT where your SHOES go?” I heard Sully call across the house to his sister. The rhetorical question was Sully’s not-so-subtle reminder for Kali to pick up the shoes she’d ...

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Lately || June 2025

My three big kids spent the night at their grandparents’ house last Friday. This was a near-first for all of us: other than the one night Luke and I spent in the ...

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