Love of beauty is taste-The creation of beauty is art. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sponsored Post: Is it really already the Holiday season? Hanukkah just started last Thursday – Christmas and Kwanzaa are fast approaching – now is the time to shop for those you care about in your life. Holiday traditions are different for all of us this year but one of my most important traditions, particularly this […]
Read MoreApparently I’ve been at this same blog, same name, with varying formats for twelve years. A lot has happened in my life during that time. My relationship with my now-husband was only a few months old when this blog started after I ditched my LiveJournal I had owned for about 8 years. Wow. I have […]
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My life recently has been a really complicated one, here’s a video I made to sum up a lot of it. I have written this out so many different ways and have struggled to put into words what has happened to our little family over the past five weeks. As I mention on my Twitter […]
Read MoreSponsored Post that includes affiliate links You all know I am a huge fan of the Shop Local Shop Small movement! A great example of a local and small business hub is Barracks Road Shopping Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. This shopping center is located just off the Rt. 29 bypass, conveniently a short drive off […]
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#WorthyStyle fact: Did you know I grew up on a farm? From my Dad’s college years until 2000, my family raised us on Maple Downs Farm in Rockbridge County, Virginia, just outside of Lexington. At around 400 acres, it was paradise for a free-roaming exploring child! Now that #BabyMCVA is mobile and an enthusiastic and […]
Read Morefuck you Trump for saying live just now that “it wouldn’t have happened if the temple had people armed inside” before the blood has even dried. #Pittsburgh #NotMyPresident #Drumpf #TheResistance
Read MoreHello friends – and those newcomers to my blog who may stumble upon this post. I have a very specific request for a very special and heart-wrenching reason. This post centers on a family many in the blogosphere know about or have heard of. Some (like me!) may have followed the Mom, April, and her […]
Read MoreEunice “Boots” Worthington Brandt Jones, born June 9, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala., died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at home on her 88th birthday. She was the daughter of Adolph Sternberg Brandt and Eunice Cecile Worthington Brandt. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Addison Jones III (Jimmy), and survived by her two children, James […]
Read MoreI haven’t shared it on the blog here but my Grandmama passed away on her 88th birthday in June. While I was somewhat prepared or at least aware of the likelihood of her passing, the fact that it wasn’t a chronic illness or long term disease, but actually an untreatable medical issue that many consider […]
Read MoreOriginally wrote this on my Facebook page – but wanted to share it here – Happy New Year!! I started the WorthyStyle blog on Google’s Blogspot platform in 2008. Previously, I had blogged since 1999/2000 on Livejournal, MySpace, and so many other places online. I’ve always loved sharing my interests, recipes, music obsessions, and fun […]
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