by Darcy Wiley | Oct 1, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea
I bet you thought I was proving a point by not publishing a post today, that I’d model how to live the less digital life by not blogging about it. Nice idea, but I’m just posting late at night to make more time for being present and productive in my home during...
by Darcy Wiley | Sep 30, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
I saw it all in the matter of a week, a woman walking her Yorkie, a teen with his boxers hanging out as he pedaled his bike through town, a business man racing his Porsche through a roundabout…and every one of them looking down, each enlisting at least...
by Darcy Wiley | Sep 28, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea, Uncategorized
Three weeks ago, I felt a pack of vermin parachute into my sinuses and start a street fight. I knew the icy/hot running through my veins the first week of September had shot down my immune system and left me there for the taking. I walked around in a cloud for a few...
by Darcy Wiley | Sep 16, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea
Welcome to those visiting from Kelli Trujillo’s blog today. I’d love to get to know you, so go ahead and take a minute to introduce yourself in the comments. To keep up with future posts, you can enter your email address on the homepage sidebar or put...
by Darcy Wiley | Aug 6, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
When I named this year the year of the Cheerful Giver, I expected I was to be the giver, searching out sources of joy and using them as fuel for nurturing my loved ones in a happy, lighthearted way. As it turns out, most of my education in cheerful giving would come...
by Darcy Wiley | Jun 18, 2013 | Jam, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
Several years back, well before I became a mother, I sat in a middle school library helping one of my English language learners with her homework. She was a good student but fortunately wasn’t as obsessive as some of the students in her home country who...