Author: kiernan

I wouldn’t call myself a dumpster diver. In fact, I’m not even really a trash picker in the honest sense of the term, since I don’t drive around purposefully looking for discarded items at the end of someone’s driveway. However, I consider myself blessed with an eye to turn what someone else considers “trash” into […]

Magic 98 had its first ever Women’s Wellness Retreat this past weekend. It was a chance to get away from the everyday hazards of life and take care of your inner well-being. I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is to do this on a daily basis. How you take care of you […]

Spring is about ready to unleash itself. I can just feel it. Even though we’re still having icky winter weather right now, I think the smell in the air is different. It’s fresher and cleaner. The birds are heartily singing every morning.  Somehow the birds know that spring is closer than we think … and […]

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m kind of a girly girl. I like pretty, shiny things. I like things that smell luxurious, and I appreciate the soft textures and scents of lotions and soaps. There’s something to be said for aromatherapy and surrounding yourself with soft textiles, like fuzzy blankets and socks and pajamas. […]

I decided to try an experiment by taking myself off social media for a week. I recently posted an angry rant on Facebook about not being serviced by a company when I wanted them to. I was mad. Social media was there as an easy vent, to let the world know how mad I was. […]

As I was pulling things out and dusting the kitchen this past weekend, a card fell out of an old handwritten recipe book of my grandmother’s. At the top it simply said “Cake.” It made me laugh as I said out loud, “What kind of cake, Grandma?” These are the moments in life that I […]

My mother is an exceptionally thoughtful person. She’s one of those who will remember you mentioning something you saw in a store window and admired, or wanted to buy. She keeps those little conversation pieces in the back of her brain. Then when it comes time for a birthday or Christmas or some other celebratory […]

(If you don’t like spiders, scroll carefully. There’s a picture of one at the bottom of this page.) I am a self-proclaimed arachnophobe. I have had an almost paralyzing fear of spiders since a very young age. I find it interesting that I have absolutely no fear of snakes. I think it begs the question […]

Providence. It’s a word that doesn’t really get used that often anymore. Maybe people don’t believe in it. Maybe we’re all too busy to even recognize it when we see it. But today, providence hit me like a gentle brick wall. I had just set out on the sidewalk from my house to take Truman […]