The winter weather makes me want to bake and crochet. When the winter temperatures fall below 40, the little old lady inside of me starts demanding that I set h...
This year, it hit 90 on Christmas day. I was in Disney World, and I spent my day in the pool surrounded by palm trees and other people who had hoped to escape t...
There is a media theory called The Spiral of Silence. I was introduced to this theory in an undergraduate journalism course. I remember reading the definition, and having to stop and really think the about the topic. It resonated with me. Simply put,...
I remember sitting in my counselor’s office in junior high. I had just transferred to a new school, and I was short an elective.
“Do you like writing?” she ask...
Sitting in the lounge at The Blennerhassett, she looks perfectly healthy. Fashionable, slender and sporting a healthy glow from running in the sun, she laughs w...
It’s difficult to determine whether the songwriter or the storyteller came first, but as Corey relaxes on the couch and talks about his life and his career in music, it’s easy to believe that they are one in the same. He is the type of person who mak...
The fresh fruit is covered in a thin layer of dirt. Brushing it off, the rich colors of real fruits and vegetables come to the surface. Scents of sweet ripe pea...
I think that I’ve probably tie dyed twice in my life. I was never really attracted to the process, and the two times that I did it, I ended up covered in dye. R...
I’m a firm believer that front porches are made for hosting. When I was little, I remember spending Sunday afternoons on the big front porch at my grandparents’ house. We would have lunch, drink iced tea and spend time together as a family. As I grew...
Busy. The word is overused.
“How have you been?”
“Oh, you know, busy. “
Americans, in particular, pride themselves in being busy. Busy is synonymous with a s...
Olivia is a W.Va. based wedding photographer consumed by wanderlust. She seeks beauty in everyday things. Olivia is a teacher, wife, mother, daughter, indulger of all things Disney and unabashedly obsessed with her fur-babies: Henry and Pepper.
