the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

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  • Have A Holly Ollie Christmas 2025.

    I have been a woman down since the holiday so I’m a bit late in sharing my usual Christmas in the Hippie Hut post but we did have a wonderful one. ♥️ Every year, Santa comes to our house on Christmas Eve so we had our usual finger foods while watching the NORAD Santa tracker… Read more

  • Blogmas Day 6: celebrating the holidays with our dear ones.

    Today, Christmas Eve Eve, I am writing to you from my bed still, with Ollie snoring underneath about four blankies, as my body does its expected crash out from yesterday’s last minute push to gather everything for Christmas. (An aside: every single year I tell myself I’ll remember next year just *how crazy* those crowds… Read more

  • Blogmas Day 5: it’s Christmastime in the Hippie Hut.

    It has taken some extra time this year with the flare I’m dealing with – but the Hippie Hut is ready for Christmas now. I am so excited. My better half has the outside looking just adorable: The inside of our home is cozy and ready for Santa too: Now we are watching all the… Read more

  • grateful for this little life.

    Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. ♥️ We’re in today – as I’m recovering from a fall earlier this week 🤦🏻‍♀️ – but I am so looking forward to a cozy day of family time, yummy food, watching football, and putting up Christmas decorations. Here in the Hippie Hut, we also have a tradition of watching all the… Read more

  • an unscheduled (cowbell) side quest.

    Y’all, this story likely *really* won’t make sense to my non-Mississippi State folks – but bear with me anyway as I share the tale of last Friday’s unplanned road trip to Starkville to fetch a limited edition Egg Bowl cowbell. See, the Egg Bowl, the huge rivalry game between State and Ole Miss, is coming… Read more

  • the most lovely evening with lisa loeb, joan osborne, and my dear friend, heather.

    Last Thursday night, November 13th, my precious friend Heather and I enjoyed third row seats to Lisa Loeb and Joan Osborne at the Alys Stephens Center. ♥️ Not only did both ladies put on an amazing show – and it was just the very best to get to spend time with my sweet friend –… Read more

  • on the road to starkvegas.

    Last Saturday, November 8th, my Mississippi State Bulldogs hosted Georgia for an 11AM game – and we were all so excited because SEC Nation came to our campus for the first time since 2023. Bug and I drove over bright and early to get an upfront spot so I, a Smurf, could see the Marty… Read more

  • friday photo roundup – town of spectre edition.

    Happy weekend, y’all. It’s time for our Friday photo roundup and today I want to share some pictures from a little unscheduled adventure I went on while I was in Montgomery for an appointment Tuesday. See, the movie Big Fish, one of our favorite films, was filmed in and around Wetumpka. In fact, the Big… Read more

  • our first friday photo roundup.

    This week, I am in the midst of a rather large project, organizing all the photos that came to me from my precious Grandmother. She took pictures of *everything* – and saved them all. ♥️ Well, I belong to her 100% and I too take a million photos – to the tune of 19,000 images… Read more

  • days of family, fun, football, and frank-n-furter.

    As always, I have an autoimmune health report to share from several doctors appointments and tests over the past week – but we’ll do that tomorrow. Today, instead, I want to tell y’all about the most lovely weekend with my people. ♥️ Late Friday night, Bug and I headed downtown for the Midnight Shadowcast of… Read more