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Archives for February 2015

Friday Fashion Frivolity: Gwen, Warrior Princess, and a New Box from Stitch Fix

February 6, 2015 By Haley 19 Comments

Kahlo Knit Top THML Stitch FIx

Every so often, we chat fashion at Carrots. I hope it feels like going shopping with a friend, but not having to try on jeans....or leave your couch. Yesterday Daniel came home early from work to watch Baby Gwen so I could be on Jennifer Fulwiler's radio show on SiriusXM (I was a little nervous, but she's such a good interviewer that she made me feel comfortable right away). And then we had a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: fashion, stitch fix, stitch fix review february 2015

You Don’t Have to Go to Grad School (to have a life of the mind)

February 4, 2015 By Haley 117 Comments

You Don't Have to Go to Grad School (to have a life of the mind) via Carrots for Michaelmas

“If you quit this program, you’ll become intellectually stagnant,” warned a professor, and fellow mom, who was urging me to finish my art history grad program instead of stay home with my 18-month-old son. After graduation, almost all of my college friends went on to grad school. I took two years off while my husband Daniel finished his degree and we had our first child. It never really occured … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bookishness, Community, Family & Homesteading, Motherhood Tagged With: academia, education, grad school, intellect, parenthood

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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