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Brookelynn Darwin
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Gloria's Bran Muffins
If everyone’s house has an identifying smell, these bran muffins were my grandma Gloria’s. They were there to wake us up every weekend...
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Brookelynn Darwin
May 17, 20223 min read
The Thing about the Dollhouse
I’m currently occupying a peculiar space on my timeline. You know the one I mean... That time in every young woman’s life where she...
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Brookelynn Darwin
May 9, 20222 min read
Thrifted Picnic basket afternoon
Picnics are the sort of thing people should do more often. No one really talks about how much better things taste when eaten on a blanket...
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Brookelynn Darwin
May 7, 20222 min read
Gum Ball Machine Thrift Flip
I had passed up the same gum ball machine at the same thrift store last fall. I think the bright red color through me and though I can’t...
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Brookelynn Darwin
May 5, 20225 min read
Sucked Into a Bagel
There are only two acceptable reasons for any sane person to do background work in Hollywood; the paycheck being an obvious list topper...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Brooke's Ultimate Halloween Watch List
When you are past the age when traipsing to strangers’ homes to beg for pitifully tiny candies inspires excitement, how does one conjure...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Oct 4, 20213 min read
Paper Moths
I don't like bugs. It's a learned phobia I've tried unsuccessfully, to break. To see my mother and I, take on a mosquito hawk was a...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Aug 31, 20214 min read
DIY Butcher Block Kitchen Counter
When you live in a 600 square foot apartment, the balance between function and style is a delicate art. I’m constantly wracking my brain...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Jun 26, 20217 min read
A June Bride on a Budget. Or, how to do a $30k wedding for $15k
Chase and I were married 5 years ago on June 25th, 2016. At least once a week since, one of us will turn to the other and say, "Remember...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Jun 23, 20213 min read
A Guide to thrifting a Gallery Wall
My walls have been through many iterations. In fact, all photos featured here are from the last 15 months alone, but you know what they...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Jun 22, 20212 min read
DIY Cake toppers
Chase turned 35 a few weeks ago. He's never been very enthusiastic about his birthday, typically opting to stay in, see a movie, and/or...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Jun 8, 20213 min read
A Pandemic Baby Shower
I remember attending baby showers as a little girl. They were nothing like the Pinterest spectacle they’ve morphed into today. In the...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Mar 20, 20212 min read
The magic of Brisby
"Once a King in Narnia, always a King in Narnia. But don't go trying to use the same route twice. Indeed, don't try to get there at all....
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Brookelynn Darwin
Feb 22, 20212 min read
The Ultimate Chewy Sugar cookies
I was talking to my friend Jenni this week, about how in school, we had such extravagant, unfettered dreams for ourselves. I told her...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Feb 11, 20212 min read
Mushroom and Goat Cheese Ravioli Filling
"I am writing these poems From inside a lion, And it's rather dark in here. So please excuse the handwriting Which may not be too...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Jan 24, 20213 min read
Goat Cheese. An Old Friend.
Sometimes, over the incessant noise of my brain, the running recitation of to-do lists, and self critiques, I notice goat cheese. The...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Oct 28, 20202 min read
Cherry Child Cookies
Oh..... sweet (cherry filled) child of mine. How much strife you've caused me. How I wish you would have been pie. How in the world did I...
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Brookelynn Darwin
Oct 16, 20202 min read
Shoot for the Stars, you may land on the moon...Cookies
I don't think that's how the saying goes but it should be. Everyone knows that the stars are farther out than the moon. I digress. I've...
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Brookelynn Darwin
May 24, 20205 min read
New Orleans...Land of Po' Boys and Jazz
The first big trip Chase and I took together was to New Orleans, nearly a year after our wedding. A sort of late honeymoon. We'd decided...
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Brookelynn Darwin
May 8, 20202 min read
DIY Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant Dupe...That's really nothing like it.
I ran out of exfoliant in quarantine. On my list of worst things to run out of, this ranks in the top 10, just under food, coffee, and...
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