A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog
What is a blog link-up? My blogging friends probably already know this, but most of my readers are not bloggers themselves. If you ever read the italicized portion at the bottom of my blog posts, I sometimes say, “Linking up with So&So for Such&Such!” Those are blog link-ups. One or more bloggers will “host” a… [Read More]
Belle Brita first showed up on the Internet in 2009, when I signed up for Twitter and Tumblr at the request of my best friend and tea twin Sally. I chose @belle_brita as my handle. Belle is French for beautiful, and I’m quite fond of alliteration. When I was ready to buy a custom domain… [Read More]
On March 5th, I sent out my very first monthly newsletter! I had hoped to announce it on the blog first, like Kristyn did for Chits&Giggles and Anne did for Love the Here and Now. (Yes, I’m subscribed to both!) But if you’re following me on Twitter, you know that Dan and I finally moved… [Read More]
Last month, I published my wildly-popular piece “My Husband Didn’t Take My Last Name,” a satirical look at naming traditions at marriage. With hundreds of comments on both the original and the syndicated versions, I learned a few things. 1) Some readers are just skimming my blog. In my perfect world, all of my readers… [Read More]
Dear Blog Readers, We’ve been together for almost eight months. Our relationship isn’t perfect, but I think it’s pretty darn good. I wear my heart on my sleeve–or on the Internet, as it is–and you accept me with all my ups and downs. I love that you don’t mind my erratic schedule, since you never… [Read More]
There is a reason my day job includes copywriting and copyediting. I have magical grammatical powers. I might have loosened up over the years about split infinitives, but I can still spot a dangling modifier or a subject-verb agreement error from a mile away. And don’t get me started on our generation’s inability to use hyphens!… [Read More]
