Journal

#1,478 Oh Thirteen.

It’s December 31 and I’m on a youth trip, writing these words in the middle of a room of screaming, laughing teenagers, which means it’s almost a ...

#1,477 Book Shopping.

We had an entire icy, dreary day to spend on the square. And so I spent some of it restaurant hopping with Ben and Mickey, sharing small portions o...

#1,476 Soulshine Day.

After a sunshiny, springy day, we’re in Oxford with the yutes. We ate some fancy pizza at Soulshine and it was so good. I’m a tired...

#1,475 Wake Up.

After driving through rainy weather all the way home today: I was really excited to see these two fat dogs waiting for me. After a short wa...

#1,474 The Laziest Day.

Guess what I did today? Not. A. Thing. I mean… Nothing. I took a shower. I watched TV. In rural North Mississippi, you can either relax or relax...

#1,473 Napier Christmas.

I was all gloomy about December 26th just a few days ago, but as it turns out, Christmas is still happening for us since we drove north to Ben’s pa...

#1,472 Merry Christmas.

It’s Christmas! There was so much! So many people we love, so many fun things, so much good food! From the top—we woke up because of a text from Ma...

#1,471 Christmas Eve.

It’s Christmas Eve! It’s been a slightly unusual one, but a good one, too. There was some very very late sleeping (on my part—Ben went to the churc...

#1,470 Groundhog Christmas Eve Eve + Wanderlust.

Just like Christmas Eve Eve last year, we spent tonight hanging out with the Hickners (though we missed the Blackledges and the casino Dorito pie) ...

#1,469 Christmas Sunday.

It’s Christmas Sunday! Growing up when people would say “slow as Christmas” it made a lot of sense to me. Now, it feels like Christmas comes 2...

#1,468 On Sale.

My favorite clothing store in Laurel, Quarter Century, is having a 50% off before Christmas sale. Trouble. So Mallorie and I spent an hour looking ...

#1,467 Clark Christmas + Charlie Brown Christmas.

It’s that time of year again! We had mama’s side of the family’s Christmas party at Aunt Phyllis’s house and my phone died after I took a photo of ...