A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog
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]
After five weeks of a long-distance marriage, Dan and I are both thrilled to be together in Georgia. While we would be happy to be together anywhere, this weekend we took advantage of the early springtime weather! Sunday we had our first picnic together since last summer. Our temporary lodging is in a beautiful network… [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]
