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Trophy Wife

Things I Learned About Managing Memaw Pain. Many people joke emphatically about being an "old soul." My old soul is a cranky geriatric...

Chapter 10: A love letter to fried green tomatoes. I have an embarrassing confession. I was in college before I ever saw The Sound of...

My love of teal knows no bounds. The absolute best time to repaint your laundry room is the night before you're expecting company....

Laughing with friends is the best therapy. One thing you don't realize happens when you reach your mid to late 30s - (ok fine, our 40s...

A pre-war date night filled with classic charm and inappropriate refrigerator graffiti. Do you ever have the feeling you were born in the...

Coming to grips with the knowledge that I know absolutely nothing about The Golden Girls. During this time of polarizing divide within...

Our cat is the newest member of The Sticky Bandits. I might be a purest, but I think the Home Alone movies jumped the shark after the...

Honest friendships are the best friendships. I feel like every situation in life is a scene out of my favorite movies. Of all of the...

Lessons learned from the blue sitting room. A few years ago, I had the distinct privilege of visiting Stirling Castle in Scotland. Those...

Perfecting the art of shaky-hand ceramics. When I was a little girl, the women in my family often gathered together to paint ceramics. I...

Who doesn't need a good laugh? If you've ever seen the movie Love Actually, Hugh Grant's British Prime Minister character waxes on...

Years of being a spiritual nomad seem so foreign to me now. People are walking this earth who are blessed with the skill of breathing...

How my Grandfather's decorative rock is helping me build the foundation for my own hospitality. My beloved grandfather, who we all called...

How we managed to stay married by renovating our home office ourselves. The first time I saw my house online, I'm going to get real- I...

Doing my best to manage our strong-willed cat's digestive pyrotechnics by not violating the Geneva Conventions. On February 1, 2017, we...

How we managed to stay married by renovating our home office ourselves. Whenever something goes terribly wrong in my life, I have one of...

How we managed to stay married by renovating our home office ourselves. A few years ago, we visited relatives and their tiny country...

How I overcame my hatred of heat and bugs to learn a basic domestic skill. I've always wanted a pair of sheep. I have no explanation for...

Note: For a more newsy recap of this year's KCWC, I wrote an article for my local newspaper, The News Enterprise, on June 27, 2019. Check...

Making sense out of industry jargon and finding my own voice when I really need a set of training wheels. I was visiting friends in...