The Blog

My husband and I spent 5 years in our suburbian starter-home (which was a sweet little 900sq/ft 100 year-old bunglaow) before we wound up where we ...

I never used to be a huge gardener. While growing up we always had apple and cherry trees and an occasional garden with sweet corn, green beans and...

The following story is the autobiography of my great-great-great-great grandfather Charles, exactly as it appears in our family history binder.   ...

My grandmother Louise turned 91 in August and if you ask me - 91 years old is sure worth celebrating. She's half of the foundation that makes up Fr...

I officially launched Frances and Louise Candle Co. in June of 2019. So a little over a year and a thousand lessons later, I figured it'd be the pe...

It's been quite a few weeks since my last blog post, but I promise my absence is within good reason I became a mom.  It still feels so weird to say...

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t terrified of becoming a mom. With our due date only weeks away, it’s prime time for me to start seconding guessing ...

The one time in my life when I’ve been most ‘at a loss for words’ is certainly a questionable time to be writing a blog. I pictured myself sitting ...