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Maria's Five Favorites: Fun Summer Things!

Maria’s Five Favorites: Fun Summer Things!

There’s still a good chunk of summertime left, which means there’s still plenty of summer fun to be had (and watermelons to be eaten)! Below are a few of my favorite summer things and ideas for using them. I hope they inspire you to get out and enjoy the season before fall comes around and […]

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Ode to Betty

Ode to Betty

I knew it was going to happen one day. But it was a day I was dreading. And that day has come. People often ask me how I do it all. After reeling internally from the fact that I don’t think I am doing it all at all, I usually say something like “with lots […]

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The Importance of Just Sitting (and 5 Ways to Do It Well)

The Importance of Just Sitting (and 5 Ways to Do It Well)

Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is sit down and relax.

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Top Ten Reasons Why Art is Essential to the Human Spirit

Top Ten Reasons Why Art is Essential to the Human Spirit

I’m currently staying in this really cool hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, called 21C. It’s a museum dedicated to 21st century art, so as you can imagine, there’s art everywhere. As I ate dinner by myself in the absolutely yummiful hotel restaurant called Proof, gazing at amazing and bizarre horse photographs (with a wonderful video loop […]

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