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Friend or Faux? {A Less Digital Life…Day 9}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 9, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

This afternoon, I pulled into a parking space for a quick lunch before heading to the craft store. It was a beautiful autumn day…blue sky, white puffy clouds, a cool breeze sifting through the blushing leaves. I had just rolled the windows down and crunched into...

Writing Butterflies and Brokenness {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 11}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 21, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}, Sweet Tea

I combed through gritty words and searched for my own like a beachcomber after high tide. I pictured this particular shell opening up to look like a butterfly with wings spread. I imagined the swish of the surf, like young love, and then straight away came the weight...

West Palm Runaway {Gift from the Sea 2: Channelled Whelk}

by Darcy Wiley | Jun 18, 2012 | Buttons & Thread, Gift from the Sea ~ Summer Book Club 2012, Sweet Tea

In the year that I turned two, I bid farewell to both of my grandmothers. Elsie flew away to Heaven. And Mamie bought a one-way bus ticket to West Palm Beach. If you would have asked me as a toddler what made her pack her bags for the Sunshine State, I would have said...

Beyond Little Droplets…(in)RL

by Darcy Wiley | May 1, 2012 | Sweet Tea

In little droplets we give and get. 140 characters or less do their best to articulate the everyday mercy, the wide-eyed wonder, the treasure in the earthen vessel @thismoment. Maybe an instagr.am is like a thousand words; or maybe it’s more like a cave drawing, a...