I was seven months pregnant with our first child when Fairlight posed a question: “I’ve always wanted to ask, do pregnant women feel as cute as they look?”
I laughed.
I was beyond exhausted, more than glowing from the humidity I was unused to, and not feeling in the least bit cute.
“No,” I had to answer Fairlight [...]
Category Archives: Girly
June in Georgia
Here are a few more glimpses of my time with Lanier…The smallest and biggest members of the farm…
Poetry and tea under a star-filled sky…
Feeding the lambs
Of tea, kittens, and literary conversations
Lanier and I are finally taking time from barn chores and tea parties to say hello! The past week has been truly delightful. Instead of attempting to describe how cathartic their menagerie of babies has been for me, I decided to share pictures. Every day plenty of time is spent cuddling with three painfully adorable [...]
Sourdough, Laundry, and Tea
The sun just dropped below the tops of the hills. It’s time to start a fire again. But we had our windows open for a bit this afternoon, enjoying the fresh 50-degree air and tantalizing hints of spring (despite the snow and ice clinging relentlessly to the ground).
Part of our laundry is drying [...]
Lisa on the get-together
Lisa’s way with words gave me a fun perspective on the get-together–I thought you would enjoy reading it also. And I do believe I’ve discovered the perfect way to keep people from putting me or my world on a pedestal–all they have to do is come over to our house.
“They’re not from [...]



