Sweet Tea Archives - Page 4 of 16

We Are Poetry

by Darcy Wiley | Jan 27, 2014 | Pencils & Pens, Sweet Tea

{Sign Up for the Story Circle through (in)couragers Today!} Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reading several works-in-progress, offering little bits of free-time for writing proposals, editing prologues line-by-line, and helping writers dream in the right direction....

Be More than a Comment at the Bottom of a Post

by Darcy Wiley | Jan 15, 2014 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

{Psst! Registration for (in)RL opens today!} It was like I was peeking through a slat in the fence, watching these would-be friends with boards and nails and hammers in the yard, their words building up a space for women to belong. I read their stories on the...

Writing Small While the Kids Are Small {A 2013 Retrospective}

by Darcy Wiley | Jan 5, 2014 | Sweet Tea

It had been three and a half years since I’d had a baby. I’d forgotten how my words would forget me, at least the written kind. They seemed to go down the drain with the dishwater or get lodged in the cushions of the couch where I sat for hours a day nursing the new...

Frankincense and Mercy {A Birth Story and a Thank You Note}

by Darcy Wiley | Dec 19, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Fireflies, Sweet Tea

Merci. It means “thank you” and it means the things I’m thankful for, all the ways you, my doula, acted out the full meaning of the word in “providing relief from suffering,” and showing “compassionate treatment of those in distress.” That was me when the water broke...

Best Moments {A Less Digital Life…Day 31}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 31, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Buttons & Thread, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

I started October thinking about hypotheticals, the ingredients of my everyday dream life and how technology fit or didn’t fit the vision. I’m ending the month thinking back on actuality, all the dreamy and dull and demanding experiences that made up my days. I took...

Making Your Offline Minutes Count {A Less Digital Life…Day 28}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 28, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea

Today, I’m happy to have my friend, Trina Cress, from Beginner Beans sharing how she balances online time with family life. I first got to know Trina through the blogosphere, but was blessed to get some time face-to-face time and even to share a meal together at...