Today is the Jewish new year, and if that's not your bowl of Trix, then it's Monday. Both, as it turns out, qualify as beginnings; the end of one year, the start of a new one. The end of an old week, the beginning of a fresh one. There is an awesome power in this imaginary division line of time. Life is change. It is changing. It is growing and learning to be in a different ...

* This post featured on the lovely site Ashley Nicole Catherine Hi there little top knots! I’m delighted to be posting for Miss ANC, who has asked me over to discuss the term “shop your closet.” Her request was quite timely, as it turns out; seasonal transitions are an apt time to reevaluate your wardrobe. Let’s get into it, shall we? First things first, you need to organize and edit. Your aim in shopping your ...

In no particular order, these are five areas whose dirt or germ factor have been at the forefront of my mind lately, and I feel should be at yours: 1. The silverware drawer tray I'm not quite sure how it happens, but the silverware drawer accumulates an excessive amount of food crumbs and miscellaneous debris. Perhaps our living partners are, unbeknownst to us, eating every snack and meal directly above said drawer. That's really the ...

Last week I had the great pleasure of visiting a land called Storables. For those of you who haven't been initiated, Storables is an organization store a la The Container Store, in other words, mecca. With five stores in three states (Washington, Oregon, and California), the company is decidedly smaller than its more-widely known competitor. Yours truly was given a private tour of the store by the lovely manager Brenda; they closed it all down, ...