Hi! I'm Rachel.
I want to be remembered for the things I love.1
Hot coffee super early in the morning. Moody lighting. Bright sunshine. Plants I sort of take care of. Wildflower bouquets. Eucalyptus from Trader Joe’s. Planting by seed. Walking barefoot through my garden. The silent sound of snow. Silence in general. Busy cities. Cheap skincare. Fancy cocktails. Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift music. Talking about Taylor Swift. Album covers. Obsessing over lyrics. My kids, duh. My college sweetheart, duh. My kinda sorta confusing faith. Blazers in bright colors. Running really slowly and not caring about it. Rearranging my furniture. Library books. Mary Oliver poems. Surprising metaphors. Overused metaphors. Words that combine all of these things all at once, especially if there’s a metaphor tucked in there.
That’s a lot, and kind of all over the place. But there’s also more, of course. There’s always more. Stick around and I’ll remember it eventually. For now, hop over to my website to learn more about what I love.
Speaking of words…
This is Speaking of.
A place where I string together all of the things I’ve been meaning to tell you. It’s kind of like that thing that happens when you’re catching up with a friend and your conversation just wanders from one random thing to the next. Like your friend was talking about climate change and then you were like “speaking of hot mess…I need to tell you about this new face serum I love.” And maybe it doesn’t sound related? But it kind of does?
Anyway, that’s kind of what it’s like over here. I have a lot of things I love to talk about. And so a lot of different things will show up here.
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.As quoted by Taylor Swift.
