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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...

The Thirst for Community {A Less Digital Life…Day 17}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 17, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, 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...

If the Tee Fits: The (in)RL Beach House Is Back Again

by Darcy Wiley | Jan 15, 2013 | Sweet Tea

I hadn’t payed much attention to what I was wearing yesterday morning. I had rolled out of bed in my pajamas and stayed in them after sending my son off to school. But when I opened my browser to enter my details in little boxes for the second go ‘round of...

On Paper, Real Life…and giveaway winners! {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 30}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 30, 2012 | Buttons & Thread, Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

I had a simple plan for Thanksgiving weekend. I’d bake a dozen biscuits, simmer a batch of fresh pumpkin butter and head over for a hearty meal with the extended family. We’d settle in for good conversation on the couch while the kids burned off energy, sure to...