July Theme: Old School Summer
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If you grew up in the country like I did, you know there’s nothing better than a homegrown tomato in the middle of summer. Eat them straight off the vine, slice them up to serve fresh alongside your Sunday dinner, or add some sweet cherry tomatoes to your pasta salad for lunch – or my…
Do you ever wonder what our grandmothers knew that we don’t? I just know that at some point a few decades ago, they decided that home economics, family consumer sciences, and consumer math were no longer going to be taught in our schools. So now we have entire generations of women who don’t really have…
When my kids were growing up, I used to hang the laundry on the line every week. I’d enlist a child to come help me, and I’d enjoy the breeze, the sunlight dappling through the tree leaves, and the quiet. We had to cut the trees down that used to hold my clothesline, and I’m…
By July, I always find myself thinking back to the summers I grew up with, the kind with no real plans, where the days just filled themselves up on their own. There were sprinklers in the yard and popsicles before supper, screen doors slamming all afternoon, and bikes left lying in the grass because you…
What is it about summer that makes hospitality feel both more natural and somehow more intimidating at the same time? Maybe it’s because there’s more time — which means more opportunity to host. Or maybe it’s because Pinterest exists and now we think every gathering needs a linen tablecloth and a fancy charcuterie board. But…
There’s a moment most homemakers know. You look at your bank account mid-month and the number is lower than it should be. You didn’t do anything extravagant. You didn’t go on a trip or buy something expensive. The money just… went. And you can’t quite account for where. That feeling is what a spending plan…
There’s a reason some homes just run. Not perfectly — no home runs perfectly. But there are homes where dinner happens at a reasonable hour, where someone knows where the insurance cards are, where the cleaning gets done before it becomes a crisis. And there are homes where everything feels like organized chaos on a…
There’s something that happens in late September, every single year, in my kitchen. I pull out a particular vintage quilt. I make a big pot of soup — usually my mama’s bean soup recipe – and a skillet of homemade cornbread. I light a candle that smells like cinnamon and cloves. And just like that,…
I’ve never had a decorating budget to speak of. For most of my homemaking years, money was tight and the house we live in was a long way from a magazine spread. But I wanted my home to feel beautiful and cozy — not for guests, not for Instagram, but for us. For the people…
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