Caramelized Pineapple Parfaits
Hey friends, a quick reminder that on the internet (just like in real life), YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
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Spiked Coffee Cake with Bailey’s Irish Cream
Spiked Coffee Cake with Bailey’s Irish Cream
OKAY I HAVE A THEORY. We’ve been speaking to one another face to face for years. Long enough for social evolution to teach us to wait a hot minute before opening our mouths. We teach this to our children as they develop self-control: you probably shouldn’t say everything you think.
Sometimes we think things that aren’t true — or that we aren’t sure are true. Sometimes we think things that are true, but aren’t helpful or necessary (“I told you so,” anyone?). Sometimes we think things that aren’t kind. When we’re little, we might blurt all of these things out. But as we grow, we learn to be better at communicating effectively.
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Hot Buttered Rum Cake (and I Changed My Mind Story #3)
Hot Buttered Rum Cake
This is the second story in the I Changed My Mind series, where I’m sharing stories of times I changed my mind about significant beliefs in order to model vulnerability and nuance, something I think is lacking in our public discourse right now. Hop back to the series introduction to read about what inspired this collection! Or read I Changed My Mind Story #1 and I Changed My Mind Story #2.
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I hope you’ll join me in the comments to share stories of when you changed your mind. As a reminder, this is a series to prompt one another to be vulnerable, be sincere, and listen — not to argue or debate. So, when have you changed your mind?
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Hot Toasted Coconut Cake
Comfort Works is providing me with materials at no cost so that I can share my experience recovering my Ikea sofa with you! All opinions are (always) my own.
Hot Toasted Coconut Cake
So I’ve been-done-lovin’ Comfort Works since I bought my first Ikea Karlstad sofa slipcover from them three years ago. That slipcover has held up great, but I’m a redecorating junkie, as you know. Now that my bedroom is wannabe-hipster-chic, I decided I wanted to make a BIG change to my living room, too!
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Brown Butter Pumpkin Snack Cake with Crackle Icing
Brown Butter Pumpkin Snack Cake with Crackle Icing
BROWN BUTTERRRR is good enough, y’all. Good enough to make this Brown Butter Pumpkin Snack Cake with Crackle Icing INCREDIBLE. But there’s this other amazing trick I learned that makes this cake one of the best I’ve EVER eaten . . .
