Darcy Wiley, Author at Darcy Wiley

Out the Nursery Window {A Less Digital Life…Day 14}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 14, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

It was a sad sight–where there used to be a Barnes & Noble sign, there was now a grotesque orange font with a smiley-faced jack-o-lantern inviting us into the pop-up Halloween City. The sign advertising kids costumes lured us in. We fell for it. Maybe they’d...

First Things {A Less Digital Life…Day 13}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 13, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pocket Change

I’ve heard from friends who grew up in the Chinese countryside that after the Cultural Revolution, morning by morning, the villagers would take out their tasseled frame of Mao’s photo and speak to it, partly like they were talking to a friend face-to-face and partly...

Our Little Wigwam {A Less Digital Life…Day 12}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 12, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Buttons & Thread, Fresh-Cut Flowers, Sweet Tea

The other night when I was supposed to be baking a birthday cake, I found myself under a dead tree on one of the town’s alleys instead, picking up a twisted branch as thick as my wrists. It fanned out at all the right angles, looking like a set of antlers. Perfect...

Just for Us {A Less Digital Life…Day 11}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 11, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

For our tenth wedding anniversary, we meant to go to Venice. You know, the place where water flows through the streets. But when the Lord answered our prayers for a third baby a little while later than we’d planned, we ended up celebrating in southern Indiana with a...

Media Manifesto {A Less Digital Life…Day 10}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 10, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change

The square on my calendar seemed familiar, as if I had some kind of big appointment slated for the day. September 26. But nothing showed under the date. I got right to cleaning my office that morning, cramming for company the next day. And in a stack, more like a...