We made a pact, my friends and I, years ago, that if one of us was in crisis, we could call it, and the other […]
You Are Pre-Approved
I was letting Anne Lamott’s words wash over me as I went on a walk and finished her short book Almost Everything on audio. One […]
Good, Get Angry
There’s a Ted Talk by Ryan Martin that I found last week titled “Why we get mad – and why it’s healthy”. I plucked it out of my content slosh pile to discuss at our monthly lunch & learn yesterday.
Coming Home to Harry
There’s a large poster of Harry Potter opposite my bed. It’s the “Let the Magic Begin” poster from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where Harry, in all his eleven-year-old intensity, stares me down.
Writing Update: Big Magic
I’m reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic and swimming in all the gems of her creative wisdom. It’s one of those books that reminds me writing […]
Effortlessly, My Vocabulary
When I was in sixth grade my three favorite words were 1) boom 2) die 3) vomit. Ranked in that order. This was something I […]
If You Need To Cry, Watch Pixar
If you ever need a good cry, remember that Pixar movies exist. Nearly all of them are primed for some serious cathartic tears of sadness […]
A Quiet Day
A quiet day, my second day of twenty-seven. Where I read in bed, run errands, and then finish writing my brother’s wedding ceremony. Then I […]
My Saturn Return
I am twenty-seven today. My friend left me a voice memo this morning where she said that twenty-seven through twenty-nine is usually the time of […]
Twenty-Six from Twenty-Six
It’s my last day of being twenty-six today. So here, in no particular order, are twenty-six reflections on my twenty-sixth year.