Everything started here

 

I started writing on a blog called 29 Lincoln Avenue sixteen years ago. The name for my first blog came from the street address of the home I grew up in a small town in Southern Indiana. I loved the idea of inviting you into my “blog home” every week. 

It was through learning to write and create content there  (and then here) that I discovered my love for words and my voice as a writer. When I started, Twitter and Facebook were the  rage and blogging found a unique place that would be writers (like me) were able to practice publishing more than a handful of words at at time.

Through blogging I started writing books. I am eternally grateful for that opportunity to put something more of my heart in the hands of those who are  bookish by nature.

But even with Instagram, youTube, and every other social media option out there—I still love to add a few words here.

And I suspect I always will. 

What I’m Loving In March

Welcome to “What I’m Loving!”  This list exists because I love them. I always read them from some of my favorite interneters (Myquillyn Smith, Emily Lex, etc). And in the past year, since I’ve been sharing my own list, you have loved them too. Thank you for your...

What I’m Loving in February

It's February! What a fun month! Welcome to "What I'm Loving!"  This list exists because I love them. I always read them from some of my favorite interneters (Myquillyn Smith, Emily Lex, etc). And in the past year, since I’ve been sharing my own list, you have loved...

What I’m Loving in January

Happy January! I love a fresh start, how about you? I've been back in the office and thinking through my 2026 goals. I LOVE vision planning, always have. But sometimes it takes a bit to keep me motivated. Here are a few things I'm loving in January for 2026!  This...

Best-Loved Books of 2025

Hello happy readers! If you are a book-worm, word-nerd, who reads  every single day this is for you. If you are a beach reader who would rather read then scroll this is for you. If. you WANT to be a reader and have goals in 2026 to read more, this is for you....

What I Wore

This week it happened. I am the mother of a fourteen year old. Which means, it is getting harder to hide my age. She is super sweet and this week I took her to the make-up counter for the first time. We met the sweetest lady named Sandy who set her up nicely with a...

5 Things I Learned in September

1. Releasing a book is sort of kind of like having a baby. I am not the first person to say this, but this is the first time I have released a solo book project and it is the first time I have felt this way. So, I'm going to say it like I'm the only person who has...

What I Wore

I keep seeing all the fall fashions and thinking how nice it must be to have boots with boot socks and sweaters wrapped around your shoulders while you sip Salted Carmel Mochas and enjoy football games. It is 82 degrees and raining here. So, I'll just share my...

Friday Mash-Up

It's official. I have turned into my mom. I have all these things I've been meaning to tell you but I keep forgetting. She knows this about herself, and believe me, it was inevitable that I would follow in her footsteps. We usually end our phone conversations with, "I...

What I Wore

Hello! Lovely. Faithful. Patient. What I Wore friends. I'm back. #woot #hooray #booyah I have been MIA for a month of What I Wore posts and I have missed you. Us. Chatting over fashionable topics and light fare. So let's do it, shall we? This is one of my fave outfits...

Now…

in print! here (amazon affiliate link) here. only 6.99 this week. for more info on the book, go here. P.S. My sweet (in)courage friends celebrated 4 years this week of beach house (in)couragement. They are having the best party by inviting us all to Kenya to love on...

Over at "The Better Mom" Today!

I've been trying to come up with one sentence to describe my new book and I think I finally have it: This came to me while I was folding clothes today. Or was it while I was driving my ballerinas to class? I don't know. Such is the glamorous life of a writer/mom....