Do you use essential oils? I’ve made a few things with them like bug bite salve and homemade Vix but my favorite use is aromatherapy. And recently, I’ve been loving some of the fall blends. Here are a few faves: 4 drops orange, 3 drops cinnamon, 2 drops rosemary, 1 drop clove 3 drops orange, 3 drops cedarwood 4 drops …

I don’t do spooky. I’ve never been drawn to stories that are scary in any way. I’m very picky about all of that and careful about how much of that I let into my life. But there are a few books I’ve read that were quite spooky and very gripping. So with the upcoming Halloween holiday, here are four spooky …

Morning! Have a good week? How could you not with this beautiful weather! Dearest Carl and I went to Chinese and watched Yesterday for date night. The girls came over for cocktails and hangs. I wrote the last advent devotional for our church’s advent series. A big box came in the mail with fun new clothes. We’ve eaten soup three …

Orange is bright and fun but not necessarily the color you want to throw all over your home. Or at least that’s not where I lean. So for the past couple years, I’ve been buying a fun neutral pumpkin or two to add to my pumpkin collection. And since they’re all neutral, they all look great together! They add some …

Anyone else breathing a sigh of relief today? This cooler weather is just what my soul needed. This week was rather a head down, drink lots of water, get the work done kinda week. But this weekend we’re celebrating birthdays and we have in-laws coming to stay just to hang out together. It’s going to be wonderful! What are you …

It’s almost time! The forecast here is cool and crips and autumnal and if you’ve been reading this blog a while, you know what that means! That means weekly soup night!!!! The ladle sits at the top of the drawer and the soup pot barely gets washed before I’m filling it again. I’m so excited! Here are the eight recipes …

October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace! Rainbow Rowell Make pumpkin muffins. Filled with cinnamon and nutmeg. Go camping and sit around a fire. Roast all the marshmallows. Carve …

The bright red tree across the street. Hot spiced cider. Fuzzy snuggly kitty. Hearing footballs games at the high school next door. When your hair smells like bonfire smoke. Crunchy leaves underfoot. Cool breezes through open windows. Dark nail polish shades. Leggings and boots. The sound of plucking an apple off the tree. Gingery cocktails. Watching Harry Potter on weekends. …

But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous a** as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the …