I haven’t baked in forever, but as soon as the temperature drops five degrees and the first leaf drops, I want to be in the kitchen whipping up something sweet and comforting. I’m realizing this month as I write all my fall/spooky/thanksgiving/pre-holiday related posts that...EVERYTHING IS BETTER THIS TIME OF YEAR.
I tell myself I’m not a Halloween person, and yet every September I find myself impatiently waiting for October. The world is getting moodier, and usually so am I. With the dying leaves comes bursts of color and the innate urge to be festive af. And I am not immune to this festivity.
also dealing with the horrible actions and death of her son, Jonah. She’s a single mother trying to take care of her teenage daughter who’s been through so much, her husband also long gone. Isaac and Lorrie’s friendship was torn apart after the death of their sons. It’s not until the strange arrival of a sixteen year old, pregnant girl that the two adults are able to face each other. Evangeline raises questions for the struggling adults and acts as an unlikely binding force.
One of the largest fires in Malibu history began the night of Nina Riva’s party of the year. Every year Nina throws an exclusive end of summer bash, and anyone who is anyone shows. People beg for invitations to this sought after party with the Riva siblings: Nina, Jay, Hud, and Kit, children of the famous and beloved Mick Riva. This year’s party is bound to get out of control as the four siblings unravel the truths of their family history, discover each other’s secrets, and admit hard truths to themselves.
Just a few weeks before, we started watching camper van tours and renovation videos. We joked around about getting a van, sent Facebook Marketplace listings to each other throughout the day. Maybe we should buy this one? But it wasn’t real. Until we found a great deal on a Ford in Iowa. Should we do it? I think we should do it...
“You have to read this. And this one too. Here...I have copies, you can borrow them.” Readers are givers and sharers. We give books to people who may not even have asked for a book. We talk about stories unprompted in conversation. Oh, you know, that reminds me of a book I read once… We…
Poppy and Alex meet awkwardly at freshman gathering in college ten years ago. She is bright and loud; he’s practical and wears khakis. They don’t speak to each other again until a fateful car ride back to their unexpectedly shared hometown in Ohio. During the long drive back to the small town, they find out they have nothing in common, and, naturally, leave as best friends.
Abby Day is a quirky photographer who is going through it. Her grades are slipping, she’s one paper away from failing her English class, and her Grandpa passed away a year ago. The only thing getting her through are her two best friends: Leo and Connie. Except things are awkward with Leo because of a Big Embarrassing Incident that both are avoiding discussing. Everything starts to change for Abby the day she accidentally learns of a big sister she never knew existed….and decides to go to summer camp to unravel her family's secrets with long lost big sis Savannah Tully.
Casey Peabody. 31, waitress, trying to make it as a writer. Her mother suddenly passed away and her heart got broken. Living in Cambridge in 1997, Casey is trying to make enough to pay rent and finish her novel while she figures out what her life is supposed to look like. Transitional periods are messy and personally harrowing, and also oddly freeing at times. This is a portrait of an artist. And it is beautiful.
A miracle happened this April: Jacob started watching Grey’s Anatomy with me. Why is this a miracle? Because it literally just happened. After a long day and thirty minutes of scrolling through the same old Netflix suggestions, Jacob said words I never thought I’d hear: “Do you just want to watch Grey’s Anatomy?”
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