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City Girl Confessions: Knocking Out The Scary Bits
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column in The Glencoe Anchor. It’s the most wonderful time of year…for me. I am positively delighted by Halloween and all of its orange-and-black spooky splendor. I’ve been this way since I was a kid, poring over costume ideas and scouting haunted houses while immersing myself in scary books…
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Convos With Writers: 11 Questions with Amanda Simkin
‘Chicago mom’ is a term synonymous with Amanda Simkin. When I was freelancing for parenting websites, our paths kept crossing in such unique ways that by the time we officially met I thought, “Wait- how have we not been friends for years?!” Good news, we are friends, and I glean inspiration from this mama-of-two everyday-…
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Falling Fast
This morning I exited the yoga studio, hopped into my car, and drove home with my mouth agape. It’s here. The most stunningly beautiful part of the season is here. The leaves are on fire. The leaves are falling. It’s mesmerizing. It’s bittersweet. I know that in just an hour’s time, I could look up…
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10 Things on my 10-Year Anniversary
Last month marked a big milestone: a decade of marriage. Here are ten random things I’m sharing in honor of the occasion: We took our kids to Vintners Inn, the site of our ceremony and reception in 2009. They loved running through the vineyards and eating grapes right off the vine. Each anniversary, I usually throw…
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City Girl Confessions: The Details that Stay With Us
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column in The Glencoe Anchor. One of the best parts about living in a city…is escaping it. Yes, I’m a firm believer of restorative exploration and getting out of a comfort zone. If density and skyscrapers are your thing, time to venture to green grasses and quiet evenings. And…
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Monday Motivation: An Irish Blessing
***Yesterday, a beloved member of my church retired and this song was sung in honor of the new path that lay ahead. I then learned that my pal gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. This morning, a friend’s beloved dog had passed on. All of these moments seized at my heart. So I’ll…
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City Girl Confessions: The Magic in the Mess
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column in The Glencoe Anchor. If you want to see my anxiety shoot through the roof, just say the word ‘messy.’ I get a little cringe-y and creeped out when it comes to certain things, and let’s just say that paint, play dough, clay, and slime are the stuff…
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Green Kitchen Nostalgia
I just came across this photo of Anne Hathaway’s California Country kitchen and it gave me a wave of nostalgia…the kitchen in my previous house was the same sage green color as her cabinets. Green has always been an important color in my life and, surprisingly so, my marriage. My (only!) tattoo is green. My…
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Happy Weekend: Need Your Book Recs!
I love a good book recommendation. A friend/cousin (frousin?) recommended Portrait of An Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg. It was a short read but a wild ride that narrows in on a successful literary agent’s addiction and recovery. What should I read next? Speaking of nothing related to books…I am loving a…
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Hello September
Photo by Matthew T Rader on Pexels.com This month snuck right on in, didn’t it? I awoke to pitch-black skies and a whole lotta rain. Everything seemed different. Somewhere, nature is quietly whispering, “Autumn is coming, you moron.” Today, Gus begins her very last year of preschool! Fitz and I will be celebrating our wedding…
Kelly Q. Anderson 