by Darcy Wiley | Nov 12, 2014 | Fireflies, Fresh-Cut Flowers
I’m burned out again on man-made things, the light of screens that trigger something in my brain or my self-esteem and keep me up at night thinking, thinking, thinking, spinning in mental circles, striving in thought, my imagination making up new ways I’m lacking or...
by Darcy Wiley | Oct 29, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Buttons & Thread, Pocket Change
Today, I’m privileged to have writer and speaker, Marybeth Hicks share her creative ideas for guiding her teenagers in getting the most out of technology without it getting the best of them. She writes a weekly column for The Washington Times and has written...
by Darcy Wiley | Oct 20, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Fireflies, Pocket Change
We walked into our friend’s office downcast at the news of another scuffle in the Middle East. When we asked whether he’d be canceling his upcoming ministry trip there, his eyes sparkled. We had looked at the situation from the exterior. He had seen it from the heart,...
by Darcy Wiley | Oct 15, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pocket Change, Relish
I’d been putting off the week’s trip to the grocery…didn’t want to take the kids, but too tired to go late night. One morning I went to the half-bare pantry and settled on what was left for breakfast…carb-heavy, sugared-up CoCo Wheats. It tastes like childhood, the...
by Darcy Wiley | Oct 14, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
It was a sad sight–where there used to be a Barnes & Noble sign, there was now a grotesque orange font with a smiley-faced jack-o-lantern inviting us into the pop-up Halloween City. The sign advertising kids costumes lured us in. We fell for it. Maybe they’d...