Five Friday Favorites

It’s a rainy, cool Friday, the end of a wild week. Aaron and my mom have both been traveling, home and then away and then home again, which means all our routines are off, and all week long I haven’t been able to remember what day it is. 

I finished a big, big, big edit of Bread & Wine, (hurrah!) and now I kind of don’t know what to do with myself until I get the manuscript back for the next round. We’re starting to work on endorsements and marketing in the next few weeks. Earlier this week, I got some super-exciting endorsement news that I’ll tell you all about when I can. Eek! 

A few rainy Friday favorites, things I love, mostly things that people have given to me, well-chosen gifts that have made me so happy:

1. Studio Patro Tea Towels

I am in love with these tea towels. Dear friends who came to stay with us at the lake this summer brought the Devour tea towel as a gift, and I hung it, all rumply and lovely, over our fireplace, which is in our kitchen-y/family-room-y area. It makes me happy every time I see it, and I kind of want every single one they make. 

 

2. Rifle Paper Company’s market notepad

 I ‘m a huge Rifle Paper Company fan—it’s so sweet and stylish and perfect for a gift. 

 

3. My friend Margaret's Homemade Granola Bars. Well, first they were Smitten Kitchen's Granola Bars. Then they were Orangette's Granola Bars, but as far as I'm concerned, they're Margaret's and they're so yummy. Margaret, by the way, has started a lovely blog--that's another one of my Friday favorites. :) 

 

4. Gap 1969 Chambray Tunic 

If you see me this fall, there's about a one hundred percent chance I will be wearing this shirt. It’s super soft and slouchy in just the right way, worn in and perfect. Good with a wide belt and boots for dressing up, great with leggings and flats for errand-running.

 

5. Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly

I’m driving my friends and family crazy about this book. You know I’m a huge Brene Brown fan, and this book is just fantastic. She puts to words so much of how I want to live—with courage and vulnerability, honesty and passion. The sections on parenting and leadership are must-reads for any parent and leader.

 

Love to you on this cool, rainy Friday. My prayer is that you are 'daring greatly,' as Brene Brown says, that you are doing whatever you've been called and created to do with great fearlessness and love and warmth. Hug the people you love, gather them around your table. Read great books, take walks, write letters. Go big this weekend, full of life and guts and wild joy. XO