I thought the most difficult challenge to giving up grain would be missing pasta, and, to some extent, it has. At first, I wondered what on earth I would eat …

Last week, I happened to stumble upon Stephen Bloom’s December 9th opinion piece on The Atlantic website about rural Iowa, which has garnered much attention, mostly negative, including from his …

We moved into this house and March, and the dining room has been our last big project. We added the wood floors – along with the living room and hallway …

The New York Times recently published an article by Emily Weinstein titled All That Authenticity May Be Getting Old. The image at the top of the page was a collage …

We spent the last four days semi-camping on the southern side of Lake Sugema outside of Keosauqua in Southeast Iowa. We roasted hot dogs and s’mores over a campfire, went …

Some images from the second half of my week-end, in stark comparison to the cold and rain at the Iowa State game on Saturday night… I have really small toes.

This space has been quiet for the past two weeks because I traveled back to Pennsylvania (by way of Baltimore) to visit with family and friends for ten days. This …

Pinterest via Senseless Sophistication One project that we’re planning to tackle in the near future is the hideous three season room which occupies one corner of our house. It was …

The rustic + industrial + vintage trend is huge right now and popping up everywhere from Anthropologie to Restoration Hardware. I’ve felt a connection to the sparse, elegant quality of …

Cooking… Homemade Pizza. I know it’s not Primal Blueprint or even gluten free, but really, what is life without pizza? The second pie we made flattened like a dream for …

After a short week that somehow felt kind of long, I’m going to take it easy and have a beer outside in the sweltering heat. I haven’t felt much like …

This is a photo of Miles when he was about 12 weeks old. We lived in this house just off campus that we thought was really cool at the time, …