last night my husband and six other adults were confirmed fully roman catholic. four women were baptized and all seven adults received communion and confirmation. holy saturday mass began with a fire outside our parish. the entire congregation carried lit candles into our blacked-out church for a transformation from dark to light. while the entire…
Detailsi have a very bad memory. feelings i recall. smells. snippets of scenes. but true, clear memories are tricky. it has always been this way. vacations get blurred down to the taste of espresso in faraway places. highschool has been melted to varsity jackets in the woods, warm cans of cheap beer, and debates in…
Detailslast year i felt called to read the bible all the way through. i have read it before. the first time cover to cover in it’s entirety. and while it was of course beautiful and powerful, this time i wanted to absorb and understand more of what i was reading. i found the bible in…
DetailsIm not about that “18 summers” philosophy. We don’t just have 18 summers with our children. On the other hand we aren’t guaranteed even the summer in front of us.
Detailsi have had this mug for as long as i can remember. it may have been my mother’s from her childhood. we may have “borrowed” it from a rented shore house. the details of the mug’s origins are fuzzy. what i do know is i always have loved this mug. so much so that instead…
DetailsA letter to my son on his seventh birthday. Happy birthday poodle! This year was your most muddy, most bloody, most exciting year yet! We spent the last 365 days hiking, running, jumping, splashing, and learning. You started Kickboxing. You made new friends. Through sheer determination and practice you taught yourself to swim. You learned…
Detailsto my son on your fifth birthday. hunter,five years ago, five weeks before your due date, you arrived. tiny and pink and blonde.as my water broke i repeated, “it’s too early,” over and over. i wasn’t ready. but you were. and then the next morning with auntie holding my hand, i became a mom. out you came…
Detailsi took this photo at sunset on the last day of your third year. tomorrow morning you will be four.
Detailson my 19th birthday the boy i was dating surprised me with a flying lesson at our local small airport. until this morning, one week before i turn 37, it was the absolute greatest birthday gift i ever received. today, almost two decades later, my husband finally blew that gift out the water. this morning, with…
Detailshappy second birthday to my bird. my second baby. my daughter. inside this last year i watched you become janet. my fiery, determined, brilliant baby girl. while this last year has certainly been a weird one (remind me to tell you about the worldwide pandemic one day) .
Detailshappy golden birthday to my sun – a boy with a personality as bright and bouncy as his hair! hunter you are sweet, hilarious, and more thoughtful than i ever knew a little boy could be.
Detailstoday is international women’s day. this year i would like to celebrate my mama. a woman who by example taught me to walk down whatever path in life i wanted – and to do it in tie dye and glitter. she raised me to be loud.
Detailsthere always seems to be one more craft idea, one more dance party move, and one more crusty package of fruit snacks we can pull out of our asses.
Detailsmy mother came across the idea of chalk blessing your home for the feast of the epiphany. basically the blessing is a way to invite god into your home on the daily.
DetailsAmy Helm is many things. She is a gorgeous singer, an accomplished songwriter, a multi-instrumentalist, a Grammy award-winning producer, and daughter of Levon Helm (The Band) and Libby Titus (singer). But perhaps more than anything else, Amy Helm is an absolute artist’s artist. She has spent the better portion of her life creating music and performing both alongside and in front of extraordinary musicians and singers. In 2004, Amy and her father began Midnight Rambles at the Levon Helm Studio Barn at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. Fifteen years later, the Midnight Rambles continue to offer artists a unique space to come together to perform for intimate audiences and even enjoy homemade food as a community.
DetailsThe world first fell in love with Of Monsters and Men in 2011 when the band launched their debut studio album My Head Is An Animal. Their smash hit “Little Talks” skyrocketed the group to superstardom. In the years since, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (vocals/ guitar), Ragnar Þórhallsson (vocals/ guitar), Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson (drums/ percussion), Brynjar Leifsson (guitar), and Kristján Páll Kristjánsson (bass) have been selling out arenas, building their own Icelandic studio, and following a wonderfully weird sound experimentation trajectory. On July 26, Of Monsters and Men released Fever Dream, their third studio album with Republic Records.
DetailsSummer is already off to an incredible start for Walk The Moon bassist, Kevin Ray. With the continuation of the band’s Press Restart headlining tour underway, the Monolith Tour with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Joywave, and MisterWives just kicking off, and a debut acting performance under his belt, Ray certainly has a lot to be excited about.
DetailsFor the last six years, alternative rock band The Mowgli’s have been treating fans to upbeat, fun loving music and near non-stop electric live performances. The world was first introduced to the optimistic and incredibly energetic band back in 2012, when a successful Kickstarter campaign enabled the group to independently release their debut album, Sound the Drum.
DetailsJewel is one of the most talented and respected artists in music and entertainment. She is also beautiful, successful, and famous. Yet in spite of all this, Jewel is humble, authentic, and committed to enriching the lives of others. With an unwavering respect for nature, a passion for community, unrivaled independence, and a firm grasp on her homesteading roots, the artist has channeled her reputation for hard work into a thriving, multi-faceted entrepreneurial career.
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