June 15, 2025
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The Magpie Diary: June 15, 2025.

Musings + Essays

This week's diary: thoughts on end of school, what I did well versus not this week, and coming up for air after my manuscript.

About Jen Shoop

Meet The Author
June 14, 2025
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Sounds of Summer.

Fashion Trends
June 13, 2025
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What I Loved Wearing This week: June 13, 2025.

Fashion Trends
June 13, 2025
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Gentle Packing Lists in Motherhood.

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June 12, 2025
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Shopbop Favorites: June 2025 Edition.

Fashion Trends
June 11, 2025
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My Favorite Swimsuits for Mom Life.

Classic Style
June 11, 2025
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What Drew You to Your Home?

Musings + Essays
June 10, 2025
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What Do We Pack for Nantucket?

Fashion Trends
June 9, 2025
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Fourth of July Outfits for Kids.

Children's Finds
June 9, 2025
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Ingredients for a Soft Summer.

Musings + Essays
June 8, 2025
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The Magpie Diary: June 7, 2025.

Musings + Essays
June 7, 2025
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: A Thought on Hope.

Musings + Essays
June 6, 2025
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What I Loved Wearing This Week: June 6, 2025.

Classic Style

Featured Essays + Musings

January 21, 2025

Fragile Bells.

Musings on learning to listen for the magical in the mundane.
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April 3, 2023

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.

May 6, 2025
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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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