For the Baby Who Fought to Be Here
I've had cholestasis with every one of my pregnancies. This is the 2 a.m., orange-juice-before-bed, NICU-incubator story behind our Saint Raymond Nonnatus line — for the babies who fought to be here.
Yankee Doodle Was a British Diss Track. We Made It Our Anthem.
I went down a Yankee Doodle rabbit hole at midnight and I have no regrets. Turns out the song you sang in 2nd grade was originally a 1750s British diss track — and the colonists stole the chorus out of pure spite. The pettiest founding story they never taught you.
America's Almost-Bird: Why Ben Franklin Was Right About the Turkey
Ben Franklin spent a 1784 letter trying to talk America out of the bald eagle. He wanted a turkey. He was right.
18 Amazon Finds I Bought to Stop Crying at the Utility Bill
The thing nobody tells you about having a place of your own is that the utility bill never lets up. Summer the AC runs, winter the furnace runs, the bill comes either way. Here are the 18 Amazon finds I bought to stop crying when it does — no gimmicks, just the fixes that actually moved the needle.
I'm Just the Current Chapter: 17 Amazon Finds for a Home That Has Known Many Keepers
Covell built this house in 1885. Isabella made it famous, running her steakhouse out of it for 40 years. Someone restored some of it before me. Now it's mine — and I'm working to keep it up. These are the 17 Amazon finds I bought for a home that has known many keepers. Nothing disposable. Nothing for the sake of it.