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Nighttime in New York
Inspiration. Where does it come from? That depends on you. Right now, life is too full. I am grasping at inspiration like a drowning victim reaching for air. Buried beneath a barrage of deadlines and yet still able to find hours to waste online. Craving a moment of beauty, no matter how insignificant. Reaching for hope.…
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#Window Shopping
On a recent trip to Lynchburg, Virginia, I was able to spend some time just strolling around town with Prima. One advantage of having an older child is you can occasionally pretend they are adults. They are good company that way, when the mood strikes. Living with a mini-tyrant (baby), who tries to rule the…
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Please Welcome Our New Logo!
For me, Simply Turquoise represents the writing as much as the design, together with the crunch of cheerios under your feet and the markers and stab wounds on your sofa. It’s about trying to live in a pretty space while chaos swarms around you. The way most of us mothers actually live. It is about…
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Life in Cards
Every year, there are several “Christmas letters” that come in the mail, via snail mail, that I anxiously await. I cannot describe the anticipation that I feel knowing that these will come, with an update about several people and families that I feel so close to, but yet do not see very often. One letter,…