In early 2012, I was fortunate through some of life's unusual circumstances to meet Ed Cooley, a nationally-renowned photographer living in Rogers, Arkansas. His stunning, more vivid than life photography is displayed at his own White River Gallery in historic downtown Rogers and is also currently exhibited at Tavola Trattoria in Bentonville. Ed and I began to get to know one another a bit, and although we don't connect frequently, he is high on my list of favorite people. When I met his wife ... View Post
{TWELVE} Random Awesome Things (and that $150 boots giveaway!)
Inspired by the Twelve Days of Christmas, I've got some Twelvers (my concocted word for lists of twelve) to share with you this month. As if The Little Magpie weren't already random enough... Without further ado: Twelve Random Awesome Things 1. My visit yesterday to Acumen Brands, the home of Country Outfitter. This is one cool company, and their exponential growth at almost warp speed proves that every woman in America can get fired up about at least one pair of their boots (although we ... View Post
Merry Christmas, Mamasita: Country Outfitter $150 Boot Giveaway!
Like every other little girl on the planet, at about the age of nine I became smitten with horses. Well, let's not waste our time... ponies. I still have all the books my parents bought me during that phase, and my now nine year old is devouring them too... At the time, we were living in Jamaica (I know) - but each summer my parents would make a big pilgrimage back to the U.S. to see family and stock up on American goods. This usually meant me spending a portion of the summer hopping between ... View Post
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Giveaway!
Hop on over to my other blog, The Little Magpie, to enter a Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day product giveaway this week! I love their line of Honeysuckle Kitchen Basics. ... View Post
Greener School Lunches (and Blue Avocado giveaway!)
The eight year old and I were recently near-death with the flu, and we spent the better part of ten hours splayed out on opposite ends of the same couch without the will to live. Our century-plus old house has a nifty chimney, but it's now too risky to burn a wood fire in the fireplace so we have a gas insert with a remote control. At one point during our extreme illness (no parts of this story are exaggerated, I can assure you), the fireplace went out, and we were certain we would freeze to ... View Post
