The Simple Complex Life
I take a lot of walks with my husband and our dog. She’s a rat terrier. Think of
a Jack Russell with longer legs and smoother hair and you’ve got it
Lindsay Crandall
Lindsay Crandall spends her days writing, teaching, photographing, and (mostly) chasing after her toddler daughter Lily. She lives with Lily and her husband Adam in the Deep South, though they secretl
How to Read a Book
“Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body.” -Sir Richard Steele
At a lecture I once attended on reading, the lecturer quoted Mark Twain who
said, “The man who doesn’
Moon Pies, Beads, and Racial Tension: <br />The Original American Mardi Gras
I’m not from the South, and I had never been to a Mardi Gras parade until I
moved to the Gulf Coast of Alabama. For me, Mardi Gras had no real caché
Operation NICE:<br />A Reminder that Niceness Counts
Like so many of us, as a child I was taught to mind my manners. We called them
P’s and Q’s, and to this day I still use them. I cover