It’s a safe bet there aren’t any Amish women on Facebook. Besides that whole electricity thing, how would they have time for it? O, Facebook—how did I ever live without you? I discovered it’s beautiful blue logo during a season when I was working from home. I was...
Not Quite Amish
Not Quite a Good Neighbor
I’ve spent the last several years getting to know my neighbors, and I’ve made plenty of blunders along the way. Here are my Top 10 mistakes I've made in my neighborhood, or How Not To Be A Good Neighbor: #10 Tell Them What They’re Doing Wrong When I returned to the...
Chocolate Espresso Chew
I met this chewy, fudgy chocolate cookie with espresso and walnuts at the Firehook Bakery and Coffee House on Pennsylvania Avenue, just steps from the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. Thank you to the Washington Post for whittling down the original...
The Pinterest Trap
My house is not Pinteresting. I’ve never made a pennant banner, and I don’t own spray paint or Mod Podge. Seriously, did God know about Pinterest when He told us to love our neighbor? Didn’t He know we’d break out in a cold sweat at the thought of creating the perfect...