Small Town Life-Crumbling Places

Small Town Life-Crumbling Places

I’ve written about how opening a shop brought back my sense of community. Walking around our little square, lots of the same people in and out of our shop, eating at the same local spots over and over…it really has a certain Mayberry charm.  One of my most...
Last Moments of Summer

Last Moments of Summer

Oh, if I could squeeze the sun tightly and eek out any extra moments of this summer.  It was too fast, too fleeting. I have a four year old now who loves dirt and ball gowns and Despicable Me and lip gloss. And snails. And a boy who is growing inches by the day it...
Small Town Life: a new series

Small Town Life: a new series

I live in a small town. There are local drug stores, a town square (where we own our shop!), and a Pike Pioneer Museum. There are small sidewalks, kids biking, and ice cream cones melting. scooter rides in the town square I never thought we’d live here forever,...