| Five Ways To Spruce Up Your Snail Mail & Support The USPS |

August 27, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

It’s no secret: The USPS has been in the spotlight quite frequently lately. Although it has been a longstanding, essential service that millions of Americans use everyday, the Postal Service is in trouble. From funding shortages to election and pandemic highs and lows, we may see another milestone on the USPS historical timeline soon, but […]

| Checked Out: June Book Review- The Ten Thousand Doors Of January |

July 13, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

“The Ten Thousand Doors Of January,” by Alix E. Harrow, was another novel that intrigued me by its gorgeous cover. I knew little about the book’s contents, but my favorite indie bookstore, Old Town Books in Alexandria, Virginia, was hosting a “Ten Thousand Doors” meet-up so I purchased the Kindle version in hopes of partaking. […]

| Checked Out: May Book Review II- Know My Name: A Memoir |

June 15, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Chanel Miller was a college graduate, a businesswoman, a creative, a wonderful sister, girlfriend, and daughter. Her future was as bright as the California sun, but when Stanford University student Brock Turner sexually assaulted her one night at a college party, her life took a backseat to his own. The court system saw this claim […]

| Checked Out: May Book Review- The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane |

June 14, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Full disclosure: I added “The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane” to my Goodreads list because the name was beautiful and the reviews were high. I had never heard of Lisa See, bestselling author of “Snow Flower,” “The Secret Fan,” and “On Gold Mountain;” It was one of those instances where I was sifting through genres […]

| Kitchen Chronicles: No-Knead, Dutch Oven Bread |

April 18, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

One of my favorite Quarantine memories thus far includes the unconventional but surprisingly beautiful way that my husband and I celebrated Easter. Originally, we had plans to travel up to Connecticut and see my family, but due to the circumstances, we decided to plan an elaborate “date day” instead. We woke up, made coffee, exchanged […]

|Pen To Paper: The Truth About Journaling During A Pandemic |

April 14, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

If you scroll through my latest blog entries, you might notice that I am reading a lot: I challenged myself with an aggressive reading goal for 2020 and with all things quarantine, I have been able to make substantial progress on my list. But my posts are lackluster when it comes to the highs and […]