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February 21, 2026
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Onward Energy.

Musings + Essays

"Noting how the GPS never says 'made a mistake' -- it just say 'recalculating route'...

About Jen Shoop

Meet The Author
February 20, 2026
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What I Loved Wearing This Week: Feb. 20, 2026.

Classic Style
February 20, 2026
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Kindness, in Its Smallest Denominations.

Musings + Essays
February 19, 2026
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Doen New Spring Arrivals + A Rare Lake Pajamas Sale.

Fashion Trends

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February 19, 2026
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The Negative Whipped Track Pants I Can’t Stop Wearing —

Fashion Trends
February 19, 2026
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The Discovery Phase.

Motherhood
February 18, 2026
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An Ode to Sarah Creal’s Face Flex Concealer.

Beauty
February 18, 2026
12

What Is Something That Is Harder Than Most People Think?

Musings + Essays
February 17, 2026
2

The Skirts We Want to Wear This Spring.

Classic Style
February 17, 2026
13

Behind the Scenes on Publishing a Book.

Musings + Essays
February 16, 2026
2

My Morning Things.

Musings + Essays
February 16, 2026
2

27 Pretty Spring Statement Dresses I’m Dreaming of Wearing.

Classic Style
February 15, 2026
2

A Few Presidents’ Day 2026 Weekend Sales Gems.

Sales + Budget Buys

Featured Essays + Musings

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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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Our Lives as Mosaics.

A musing on the notion that our lives are mosaics of the people we love.
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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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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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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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LET'S GO SHOPPING.

January 29, 2026
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Spotlight: La Ligne Sweaters.

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The Best Jeans For Petites.

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Magpie Promo Codes.

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