May 18, 2025
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The Magpie Diary: May 18, 2025.

Musings + Essays

Everything on my mind and heart this week, including making my way through a dense, high-intensity month!

About Jen Shoop

Meet The Author
May 17, 2025
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Comfort Shows + Patsy from the Clerk’s Office.

Musings + Essays
May 16, 2025
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What I Loved Wearing This Week: May 13, 2025.

Fashion Trends
May 16, 2025
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Ask Magpie: Habit Tracking Notebooks, Birthday Looks, + More.

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May 15, 2025
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What Do We Pack for Miami / West Palm Beach?

Classic Style
May 15, 2025
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Introducing: Magpie Book Club, V2.0.

Book Club
May 14, 2025
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Current Bath/Shower Favorites.

Beauty
May 14, 2025
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What Do You Always Have in Your Bag?

Fashion Trends
May 13, 2025
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Summer Finds for Little Boys.

Children's Finds
May 13, 2025
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The First Rule.

Musings
May 12, 2025
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Channeling European Summer: Chic Looks for Home or Abroad.

Classic Style
May 12, 2025
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Dress Obsession: The Cosima Nap Dress.

Classic Style
May 11, 2025
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The Magpie Diary: May 11, 2025.

Musings + Essays

Featured Essays + Musings

January 21, 2025

Fragile Bells.

Musings on learning to listen for the magical in the mundane.
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April 3, 2023

Our Lives as Mosaics.

A musing on the notion that our lives are mosaics of the people we love.
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February 14, 2024

Losing Tilly.

Reflections on losing my dog, Tilly, and what's been helping me through this time of grief.
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November 6, 2024

It’s just that —

Musings on what really matters in life -- not the big, dramatic trips of a lifetime but the tiny, everyday, domestic gestures of love.
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March 14, 2025

10 I Love Yous.

A musing on the many hidden ways of saying "I love you."
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January 27, 2025

Matryoshka.

Reflections on mothering my seven year old daughter -- and how she still needs my little tendernesses.
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June 15, 2023

Bad Days + Blank Pages.

An essay on getting over "bad days" and not giving up on ourselves when we've messed up.
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July 8, 2024

The Befores.

Musings on time before children with my husband.
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March 26, 2024

A Magpie Desiderata.

A roundup of life lessons -- what we'd tell our twenty-year-old selves.
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January 14, 2025

Reteaching a Thing Its Loveliness

Reteaching a thing its loveliness -- reminding your loved ones of their innate goodness.
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LET'S GO SHOPPING.

May 6, 2025
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New Arrivals at My Favorite Shops.

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May 2, 2025
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Ask Magpie: Raffia Hats, Summer Skirts, + More.

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April 21, 2025
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The Comeback of the Jelly Sandal.

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