Caring for Fall & Winter Skin As the pandemic has worn on and I’ve spent virtually every social occasion outside (all except for some virtual meet-ups), I finally decided to reembark on the search for a mineral sunscreen for my …
Personal Style
My style, with lots of thrifted, sustainable, and scrappy bits thrown in – with a special focus on wearing clothes as an Episcopal priest.
Fair Trade Fashion at Walmart? Free Assembly Review + Discussion
Fair Trade Fashion at Walmart? When Whitney Bauck at Fashionista published an article on Walmart’s new fair trade and sustainable-ish line, Free Assembly, I’m pretty sure I made a shocked-emoji face 😲 Is it possible that there is fair trade …
Slow Fashion Fall Outfits | 3 Looks
Slow Fashion Fall Outfits Just a sampling of outfits from a couple weeks ago. The temperature is on a slow decline into fall and the leaves are starting to show off their array of colors, especially 20 minutes north of …
How to Fake a Bodysuit With 2 Pieces
How to Fake a Bodysuit with 2 Pieces Bodysuits have surged back into popularity over the last couple of years. I’ve tried my share of them, but I can never get the fit right. For one, I have a fairly …
Thoughtful Style | Cheetah Print & The Martyrs of Memphis
Have you heard of sundowning? Sundowning is the phenomenon of the chronically ill – often those with Alzheimer’s or dementia – to become helpless, confused, or depressed near or after sundown. My grandmother had pain-induced sundowning from a UTI several …
An Ethical Rule of 3 Slow Fashion Fall Capsule
An Ethical Rule of 3 Fall Capsule After introducing my Rule of 3 on Sunday, I wanted to actually see where it worked for my wardrobe, and where it didn’t. Since I mentioned that a big part of ethical fashion …
Thoughtful Style | Back to (Zoom) School
Back to Grad School Outfits Before I get too far into this post, let me just warn you that many of the items pictured here do not adhere to my usual ethical standards. While some items are thrifted, many are …
Fall 2020 Sustainable Style Inspiration
Maroon / Red / Taupe / Green / Monochrome / Polka Dot / Caramel Boots / Brown Boots / Quilty Jeans / Sneakers / Boots -> My Fall/Winter Pinterest Board Fall 2020 Sustainable Style Inspiration Every August, at the first …
Thoughtful Style | Hot in Here
Northeast Summer This week marks the one year anniversary of our move to Connecticut. I think we moved in on the hottest day of the year – it was something like 97 degrees as we lugged our stuff up four …
Thoughtful Style | Inspiration and Ethical Fashion
When Ethical Businesses Close One of my longest-standing partners, MATTER Prints, emailed a few weeks ago to announce that they’re closing this chapter of their business. Covid-19 has ravaged small businesses, sustainable and ethical businesses perhaps even more-so than larger …
Thoughtful Style | The Embroidered Blouse
The Embroidered Blouse I’ve Never Worn in Public I would consider myself a collector. My collection is clothing and shoes. In most cases, I actually allow my collection to see the light of day: I wear my things. But in …
Tradlands 101 Margot Shirt Styled 3 Ways
This post contains affiliate links One Shirt, Three Ways With not much else on my plate right now, I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about my chaplaincy internship, set to start later in the month. Tradlands reached …
Thoughtful Style | Pinterest Inspired
Pinterest Inspired Outfits One of the most interesting psychological results of this lockdown is the realization that I require a lot more visual and social stimuli than I ever imagined. In a “normal” day going out in the world, we …
Dress-Up #3 | A Cancelled Wedding
My Sister-in-Law’s Wedding Today was supposed to be my sister-in-law’s wedding, and I was supposed to be the photographer. Even though it’s the last week of classes, Daniel and I were going to drive to Virginia, hitch a ride with …
Thoughtful Style | Thrifted Windbreaker
A Thing I Wore I went to physical therapy a couple weeks ago and wore a version of this outfit. After my introductory appointment, I was able switch to tele-health, which is more convenient and a lot safer from a …















