Adrienne Swendson 5/2/26 Adrienne Swendson 5/2/26

When You See a New Trend… But Apply It to Your Blog Instead

The internet said “unhinged bio.”
I said… pull up a chair.

Southern Peanut 4/26/26 Southern Peanut 4/26/26

When Peace Requires Me to Call the Truth a Problem

Sometimes peace is not peace at all. Sometimes it is just self-abandonment with better manners.

Adrienne Swendson 4/21/26 Adrienne Swendson 4/21/26

Before the Sand Was Off My Shoes

Some pictures are hard to look at. The beach was real. That smile was real. That sapphire was real. Before the sand was off my shoes, everything changed.

Adrienne Swendson 4/20/26 Adrienne Swendson 4/20/26

Anywhere You Are is Home

I have always believed the truest kind of love lives in the ordinary.

Southern Peanut 4/18/26 Southern Peanut 4/18/26

Porch Swing Angel

I do not understand how someone you shared something that sacred with can become so different. I do not understand how the breaking of a bond that sacred is something another person seems to live so with so effortlessly while it tears straight through you.

Southern Peanut 4/14/26 Southern Peanut 4/14/26

To the Girl who Misses Her Dad

When you grow up with a father who was present and steady, who was somehow both your safest place and your strictest teacher, you move through life differently. You are not just grieving a person. You are grieving a voice, a presence, a way of being loved that made the world feel more secure.

Adrienne Swendson 4/9/26 Adrienne Swendson 4/9/26