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November 11, 2025
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All the Versions of Me —

Musings + Essays

A reflection on encountering the different versions of myself in Georgetown -- and being gentle with them.

About Jen Shoop

Meet The Author
November 10, 2025
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Nanotrend: Scandi Knit Triangle Scarves.

Classic Style
November 10, 2025
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DNPs (Do Not Postpones).

Learnings
November 9, 2025
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The Magpie Diary: Nov. 9, 2025.

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November 8, 2025
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Ann Patchett + Scandi Triangle Scarves.

Musings + Essays
November 7, 2025
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What I Loved Wearing This Week: Nov. 7, 2025.

Classic Style
November 7, 2025
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Things I Find Randomly Chic —

Musings + Essays
November 6, 2025
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Cashmere Favorites + Finds.

Classic Style
November 6, 2025
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Thanksgiving Outfit Ideas: November 2025.

Classic Style
November 5, 2025
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Puffer Jackets for Fall and Winter.

Classic Style
November 5, 2025
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Claggy Dinners + Parenting Thoughts.

Motherhood
November 4, 2025
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Festive Tops for Fall and Holiday Gatherings.

Fashion Trends
November 4, 2025
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Are You Friends with Your Parents?

Musings + Essays

Featured Essays + Musings

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The Softest Kinds of Love.

A musing on the softest kinds of love: patience, acceptance, receiving energy, "take as long as you need," etc.
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Reflections on the goal of becoming an expert in myself -- and signs I might be on the right path.
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Losing Tilly.

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

Musings on time before children with my husband.
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A Magpie Desiderata.

A roundup of life lessons -- what we'd tell our twenty-year-old selves.
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Fair Isle For Fall.

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Styling Scarves for Fall.

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