While writing out my “day in the life” post, it occurred to me that I’d never really given conscious thought to how much I enjoy waking my children in the morning and watching them run to me after school. These are filigree moments, insignificant in their repetition, but they make me feel connected to them and to their care in a specific, warm laundry kind of way. I have the same feeling in both interactions: these are my babies; they belong with me.
I also love —
My first step out into the cool morning air: a second awakening.
Warm, cream-lightened coffee — trite, but something I anticipate every morning, heralded and enhanced by the process of making it.
Opening a poetry book and witnessing its meaning blossom up and out the left hand corner of the page.
The feeling of creating in soft morning light.
Full-body limberness and mild fatigue after exercise.
Peckishness before sitting down to a home-cooked meal.
An evening walk that dissolves the language of the day.
Languid evening chats with my husband, recounting our days, and the quiet wind-down to bed that starts when I close up my office and eventually deposits me with a freshly-scrubbed face into my nest of bedding and books.
What about you, Magpie? What are your favorite parts of the day?
Post-Scripts.
+The saltings of motherhood.
Shopping Break.
+OMG, did you see these fab new totes at J. Crew?! Also come in a larger size. I’m obsessed. Love the leather tie detail!
+Exactly what I want to wear right now: an easy shirtdress, jellies, and this crossbody.
+WAIT great news — RMS Beauty gave us a code! Get 20% off with code JEN20! I know a lot of you tried to snag their incomparably wonderful tinted SPF but it had sold out in the lightest color shade at Nordies while on sale. Now you can get it for 20% off! You might also consider adding their legendary lip oil in the green tube (color: chameleon) — it changes into the perfect flush for your skintone using your pH!
+Love these poplin striped track pants (under $120!) for casual wear with a tee and a tangle of necklaces. It’s as if our favorite Rag + Bone sweatpant jeans married these La Ligne pants.
+These athletic shorts with this long-sleeved performance tee — blue on blue!
+The best-selling swimsuit from my swimwear musings here. This fit is a 10/10. I own in a past-season print and love it so much I might order this one, too!
+Two fab pieces of summer jewelry you LOVED from my summer jewelry edit: this turquoise necklace (high sell-out risk – just restocked, and they gave us a 20% off code: JEN20) and this colorful beaded one.
+New fabulous Tuckernuck arrival alert…!
+Also at J. Crew: great stripes here and here.
+A great pair of white jeans for summer. If you prefer a kick flare silhouette, try these (bestsellers!) or these.
+ME+EM magic: this striped shirtdress and this white seersucker (<< for a graduation! love it paired with chocolate brown accents or raffia shoes!)
+Cutest picnic basket (clever design – interior has two compartments, one of which is foil-lined to keep cool items cool) to bundle with your new picnic blanket for summer (use code JEN20 on the latter). I’m SO impressed with the latter. I just got mine and it is a really nice, thick material with lining on the underside to keep the dampness of the soil out. It’s also a fabulous, over-large size that can properly fit a family!
+Adorable gingham dress for your mini me — FOJ! Snag her a pair of these patterned athletic shorts while you’re there.
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