Carrie’s Blog

Today’s cup of decaf is with a book or 42… September 2001 It was September 2, the first Sunday of the month in September 2001. Just a few short days before the world, as we…

Why Go To Georgia When you can have a California Peach? Fun fact: Did you know that peaches are originally from Northwest China, not Georgia? I feel compelled to tell you the story of Carrie…

Labor Day weekend is upon us, so I’m sharing a great idea for a terrific party because it was super successful for us! I think the best part is that I did all of the…

All the songs are about September, but I think August is really a month worth remembering. August carries an ingrained rhythm. Perhaps because our childhoods revolved around the traditional school start dates, our bodies and…

You are never too old to create a bucket list. A friend shared that her 87 year old mother recently wrote a bucket list. I immediately thought of all the things this woman has already…

Believe it or not, in the time before decaf coffee, yours truly ran away to join the circus. Occasionally, one’s life will pivot on a single encounter and shoot off in a totally unexpected direction….

Today’s cup of decaf is in L.A., baby. Do you like visiting Los Angeles? I think it is a city people either love or hate. Or love to hate. I definitely had a mixed relationship…

Today’s cup of decaf is with my dance friends. (This photo is from 1981 during a rehearsal for my Skidmore College senior dance recital.) Building Community Community comes in many shapes and colors. I am…

Today’s cup of decaf is a little tricky… Sometimes I need to trick myself. People may call it discipline, but I think of it more like a game to get yourself to do things that…

I am feeling a little sense of urgency to share this cup of decaf with you mothers out there because the infamous Mother’s Day is a few hours away and I want you to be…

Today’s cup of decaf is with a special reminder… I was in my yard today, dealing with the aftermath of a massive wind episode. We have had a lot of rain this Spring, and I…

Today’s cup of decaf is with Antoni Porowski in the kitchen… I’ve been bingeing on a lot of Queer Eye lately. For obvious reasons, the Fab Five really are Fabulous! I notice I am particularly…

Today’s cup of decaf is served with a piece of birthday cake. Today is my baby’s birthday. She is ever adorable with giant blue eyes, curly blond hair, and an effervescent personality. Her equally as…

But there are a lot of other things, like beauty, poverty, lightning, meat, graffiti, sun, and wonderful people. My husband and I recently had the amazing opportunity to travel to Brazil with one of his…

I find that a culture’s primary religion and spiritual practices are usually pretty evident when visiting a country, even for a brief visit. Brazil is noticeably, mostly a Roman Catholic country. While Brazilians originally came…

I’m not sure what it is about traveling that makes me more in touch with my emotions. It might be the shift from intense busy-ness and self-consuming lifestyles that we lead, into the relaxing, in-the-moment…

Do you ever dream about the house you grew up in? What is it about our childhood homes that stick so deeply into our memory? I have dreams about the house I lived in as…

I admit it. In front of you and everyone. I love me a good Rom Com. I also, kind of, love me a bad Rom Com! Romantic Comedies may be my favorite genre of film,…

A cup of decaf in Cairo.Way back in the last century, I was in college and had the first culmination of my wanderlust dreams. I studied abroad for the Spring semester of my junior year….

I love Jennifer Garner and Nicole Kidman. They are strong and talented. They are hard working and successful. They are moms and role models. I admire how they move gracefully through life in the spotlight….