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fall scene / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrridge gets fixed today! Let me back up. Our refrigerator started ticking last Saturday morning and I was like, “Oh haha! Listen to that ticking sound in the vent. Isn’t that cute? Must be waking up.” WRONG. The compressor thingamabob went kaput. It’s out of freon. Which means it’s not cold. Started with the freezer, […]

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pretty fall trees / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhduflusuh! We got RAIN!!!! IT RAINED LAST NIGHT!!!! And I leapt (leaped?) from the sofa the moment it hit and threw open the back door and danced around the living room like some deranged weirdo (name that tune) and nearly cried. Stayed up PAST my granny bedtime to walk around the entire house and listen […]

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moody books / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrreedledeedoooo! Why is no one questioning who all these bridesmaids are in Father of the Bride? Like, who actually are they? And the groomsmen! So many! Who are these people again? Because remember, earlier in the movie when they’re all sitting around the patio table eating dinner and discussing the word “pit on a wedding […]

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fall walkway / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsamflotdayfri! I have a little personal tidbit of info that I think you might find surprising. I’m severely underestimating your interests, in other words. Get this, I can stick my hand down a garbage disposal without barfing or passing out. With the motor off, you psycho! But I can. It took me a long long […]

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sunflowers / bev cooks

Faaaarrrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyyyddddddaaaaaaai. I bought readers! READERS. Glasses. Like Meryl Streep. I finally bought some. Listen, I’m not going to bore you with how I lost a favorite pair of Warby Parkers two years ago at a winter basketball practice, and am criminally overdue for an eye exam and am in desperate need of a new pair […]

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good cheeses / bev cooks

Frrrrrreedeelooloolaahlaah! UM. Hold on. Have any of you ever heard of this word? Pseudocyesis. (100% had to google, copy and paste.) It’s also known as phantom pregnancy. Which, okay, I can wrap my head around. But DID YOU KNOW that with this pseudocyesis syndrome, the belly actually grows? It grows like a baby is in […]

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fuzzy vines / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I have the CRAZIEST story for you. And it’s disgusting and mysterious and gross and weird and barfy. Are you ready for it? (DUNNNN DUNNNN DUNNNN….) (btw when do we think REP TV is coming?) (never mind.) SO, yesterday morning I was getting ready to go to an estate sale with my friend Mindy. […]

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tinned fish / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrr uh duh flu tu su um. I’ve never seen Practical Magic. Truth! Never seen it. And probably just ruined your entire morning now that you know this. This is the thing – my IG algorithm is heavy heavy on the vintage fall glimpses right now. New York City, tiny New England towns, backed by […]

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moody flowers / bev cooks

Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit’s my birthdaaaaay! 48. Is that not bananas? FORTY EIGHT. What on actual earth. It feels good, ya know? It’s right up the nostril cavern of 50, but I’m feeling it! Of course I still need to figure out how to add more softness to my aging hair, and take the time to trim and […]

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lake view / bev cooks

FRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR i d a a a e e e e e e e e a a a a ha ahh h h ahaha hah . We have to talk about tinted chapsticks. This is what I need in a severe way. I have a lot of Burts Bees, and you know I love these shimmer […]

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