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The Best Spring Base Layers.

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Six Left-of-Center Things I Ordered for Spring.

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Tuesday-in-March Pastiche.

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Beauty Products I’m Loving in My 40s.

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Who Were You Named After?

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March 29, 2026
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The Magpie Diary: March 29, 2026.

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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Things I Didn’t Know I Loved.

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March 27, 2026
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What I Loved Wearing This Week: March 27, 2026.

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March 27, 2026
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How I Think about Exercise in My 40s.

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March 26, 2026
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Statement Shorts and Skirts for Spring.

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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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Signs You’re Becoming an Expert in Yourself —

Reflections on the goal of becoming an expert in myself -- and signs I might be on the right path.
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January 10, 2026

Our Lives as Mosaics.

A musing on the notion that our lives are mosaics of the people we love.
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March 2, 2026

A Magpie Desiderata.

A roundup of life lessons -- what we'd tell our twenty-year-old selves.
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September 16, 2025

Parenting Clarities + Reassurances.

Reassurances and encouragement for tough parenting days -- a few phrases and mantras that help when things get tough in motherhood.
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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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January 21, 2025

Fragile Bells.

Musings on learning to listen for the magical in the mundane.
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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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January 24, 2026

The Befores.

Musings on time before children with my husband.
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Spotlight: La Ligne Sweaters.

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