new appetizer alert:

-whipped ricotta with hot honey & chili flakes
-whipped ricotta with tomatoes, basil & garlic
-whipped ricotta with lemon, honey & pistachios

all were delicious 😋

bruschetta board 😋

i’m obsessed with these gorgeous paperback releases of the HUNGER GAMES series 😍

easter morning walk 🌸

dinner 😋

the thing
that nobody
tells you about
parenthood

is that
there will be
an incredible
ache
in your
heart
for the
loss
of the earlier
versions
of who
your children
once were

and the unresolved
grief in mourning
the fact
that you
never
even got
the chance
to say

goodbye.

spring break with my golden girls 🐾

spring break, baby!

(by the way…this book will wreck you in the most beautiful way. is lisa fipps on bluesky?)

banana blueberry bread 🍌

enjoying a bottle of spanish wine while my wife and i plan our summer trip to spain 🇪🇸

college fridays in middle school = repping @boisestate.bsky.social on my run after work #gobroncos

there is something remarkable about a room of students reading quietly for 10 minutes at the start of each class with just the hum of the air conditioner and the sound of pages turning 📖

by the way…i’m reading neal shusterman’s new novel ALL BETTER NOW and it’s fantastic so far.

this is a fantastic trilogy

black & white highlights from a fantastic valentine’s weekend getaway

thoroughly enjoying this! have you read it yet?

i made a gingerbread simple syrup to make gingerbread old fashions.

they were delicious 🥃

i remember feeling very similar to how i’ve been feeling recently 8 years ago. as a reader, this was a much needed read back then.

if you’re in need of a little hope these days, check out HOPE NATION, a compilation of essays & stories written by several favorite YA authors.