As you can probably tell from my blog logo alone, tea is very special to me. I love how tea creates such a cozy feeling and there are so many different options. You can be an herbal tea drinker, or black tea, matcha, chai, and loads in between. Certain teas can even be like forms […]

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I feel like I’m living in Gilead from The Handmaid’s Tale. People I used to hug on my morning dog walk I now hardly recognize from the mask over their face. We walk away from each other rather than towards, making sure to keep a strict 6-foot+ distance. I know it’s for all our own […]

Today marks day 35 of quarantine because of COVID-19. Even typing that out feels like I’m writing a science fiction novel. It’s a weird, weird time. I’ve been writing in my journal as much as I can because I want to be able to look back and remember my emotions, the world’s experience, and how […]

Hello lovely! And happy New Year. I can’t believe we’re already in March. Each year as I get older time seems to pass quicker and quicker. 2020 has been a busy one for me so far. I’m currently writing this blog post on a 9 1/2 hour plane ride back to the states. I’ve been […]

The sustainable gift guide below contains affiliate links, meaning that by purchasing an item through the link on my post, I would receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting me this holiday season.  In my opinion, you’re either the kind of person who does everything last minute or the one who has it all […]

I’ve picked up a new hobby this past week: hand embroidering. I always imagined it as an outdated little thing that takes too much time and is only for people who can draw more than stick figures (i.e., not me). That is until my sister mailed me her sweet go at embroidery and I fell […]

Whew, it’s been a busy month over here in the U.K. for us and came to a culminative end with a trip to the Scottish Highlands last week. Our friends that are more like family, Jon and Christine and their sweet baby girl, Rosalyn, came to visit. This is their second year in a row […]