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August 12, 2025
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Chic Under-$200 Work Wear Finds.

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A roundup of chic and polished work wear finds, all under $200 -- office-appropriate scarves, trousers, knitwear, leather handbags and more.

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August 12, 2025
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Who Were Your Earliest Chosen Role Models?

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August 11, 2025
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Madewell’s New Arrivals: Fall 2025.

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August 11, 2025
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Summer Athleisure + Comfort.

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August 10, 2025
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The Magpie Diary: Aug. 10, 2025.

Musings + Essays
August 9, 2025
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: On Impressing People.

Fashion Trends
August 8, 2025
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What I Loved Wearing This Week: Aug. 8, 2025.

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August 8, 2025
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My August Obsessions + Discoveries.

Fashion Trends
August 7, 2025
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Dresses to Wear Right Now.

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August 7, 2025
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What Gives You a Deep Sense of Well-being?

Musings + Essays
August 6, 2025
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Small Business Finds + Favorites.

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August 6, 2025
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Still a Shock.

Musings + Essays
August 5, 2025
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Work Ready Dresses.

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Featured Essays + Musings

January 21, 2025

Fragile Bells.

Musings on learning to listen for the magical in the mundane.
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Our Lives as Mosaics.

A musing on the notion that our lives are mosaics of the people we love.
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February 14, 2024

Losing Tilly.

Reflections on losing my dog, Tilly, and what's been helping me through this time of grief.
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November 6, 2024

It’s just that —

Musings on what really matters in life -- not the big, dramatic trips of a lifetime but the tiny, everyday, domestic gestures of love.
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March 14, 2025

10 I Love Yous.

A musing on the many hidden ways of saying "I love you."
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January 27, 2025

Matryoshka.

Reflections on mothering my seven year old daughter -- and how she still needs my little tendernesses.
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June 15, 2023

Bad Days + Blank Pages.

An essay on getting over "bad days" and not giving up on ourselves when we've messed up.
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July 8, 2024

The Befores.

Musings on time before children with my husband.
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March 26, 2024

A Magpie Desiderata.

A roundup of life lessons -- what we'd tell our twenty-year-old selves.
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January 14, 2025

Reteaching a Thing Its Loveliness

Reteaching a thing its loveliness -- reminding your loved ones of their innate goodness.
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LET'S GO SHOPPING.

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New Arrivals at My Favorite Shops.

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Ask Magpie: Raffia Hats, Summer Skirts, + More.

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April 21, 2025
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The Comeback of the Jelly Sandal.

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