One Thousand Gifts Archives

A Week of Lost Things (and How You’ve Got to Keep Filling the Vase)

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...

Thank You Notes

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...

Gift at Low Tide

by Darcy Wiley | Apr 5, 2012 | Fireflies, Fresh-Cut Flowers

Palms waved on Palm Sunday, fronds rattling, applause in the wind. I walked hand-in-hand with my firstborn toward our abandoned umbrella, its fringe fluttering near the shoreline. Bare feet shuffled over sandy cobblestone, felt the grit, the heat. I clicked my tongue...