The first winter storm of the season. It snows through last night and into this evening. At noon, I brush a heavy layer of snow […]
I Have Internet
That’s it. That’s the post. My internet provider has been switching this week, per my condo association. It’s a good thing, but the delays went […]
Easy
It’s not supposed to be easy. That’s what I remind myself. And the managers I coach. When we make decisions about the people we employ, […]
PSA: Atlas of the Heart
A general PSA that Dr. Brené Brown has a new book out, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience. […]
Performance
It’s not a lieThe performance day to dayIt’s smiling, and thinking, and empathizingIt’s not a lieBut after I like to let it drop Glennon Doyle […]
Writing Update: Perspective
Writing update, Tuesday! With time away from work this past week, my brain cleared and I got some revising done. I finished my first pass […]
The Tickets
I am the kind of person who spends two hours battling crashing ticketing websites to secure seats to a Spider-Man movie on opening night. One […]
Haven
We create our own havensCushions on the floorThe candles we lightAcoustic carols playWe sinkThere is safety hereIn our home, on the carpetBut there is safety […]
One Barrel 2.62
Before I opened the blinds this morning I knew: there would be snow on the rooftops. Despite the weather report yesterday that projected snow arrival […]
Post-Thanksgiving
I had a very quintessential day-after-Thanksgiving day. From the slight hangover from good wine to doing some local Black Friday shopping uptown to two meals […]