In the woods we findYellow lady slippers, rareTreasures of springtime Then, across the lane,A graveyard of copper treesWho drowned last summer We’ll clear them awayWait […]
Newport
We drive north to Newport State Park. The beaches are quiet. The trails are quiet. We spend hours on them, naming trees by their bark […]
Write On
I visited the writing center for the first time today. Write On, Door County is a local nonprofit whose mission is to inspire people to […]
7 Lessons
Lesson one is about the dishes. It’s always about the dishes. Adulthood is just dirtying and cleaning dishes or letting ranch dressing congeal on plates […]
Hood Feminism
A book recommendation: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall. I finished listening to the audiobook this morning and […]
A Lake Meditation
I take the three miles slowly, carefullyMuscles creakingI end at the dockStretch on the power-washed concreteThe waves are not wild, but they are waves todaySometimes […]
Writing Update: Consistent
Staying consistent and staying motivated. Trash drafts are really the worst — I wish I could be editing my crappy scenes rather than pulling them […]
PSA: We Can Do Hard Things
It is important to me that everyone knows Glennon Doyle now has a podcast. Glennon Doyle wrote one of my favorite books of 2020, Untamed, […]
Sapling Song
My friend tells me about the plants they sing toLittle dogwood saplings in the backyardThey will water and nurture as they grow I have never […]
Summer
Today is the first day that really feels like summer weather in Door County. Ten degrees over the predicted forecast, it’s the mid-70s, sunny, humid. […]