On New Year’s Eve, for the second year in a row (here was my 2023 spread), I pulled a tarot spread for the year ahead. […]
Gentle January
Be gentleFresh starts can be slow onesSobriety, a few stretchesHabits without intensity It’s not like meTo be anything but all or nothingThat’s why I wear […]
A room full of snakes and other D&D adventures
On the third day of 2024, I played D&D. The mythology campaign, where I’m a player (not the DM). I really do love it. It’s […]
My Best Books of 2023
My reading goal in 2023 can best be described as “better luck next year”. Which is literally what Goodreads wrote below my goal, just over […]
Word of 2024: ONWARD
This is not the word I’ve been mulling over the past few weeks. After a year of Waves, I’ve been wanting something steadier. Grounded. Centered. […]
In Conclusion: The Word of 2023 WAVES
A year ago I picked the word waves. Lately, I’ve joked that it was a little too on the nose. Did I manifest the chaos […]
2024 Word of the Year Workshop
Yesterday, I did my fourth annual workshop for my coworkers on choosing a “Word of the Year”. I wrote a detailed blog on the workshop […]
New Year’s Poem, 2023
Every year I write a poem for work and read it at our last company meeting of the year. Here’s the poem I wrote for […]
Thursday
Thyme and wine and friends Working on one more convert To Fantasy High With Love, Natalie
Waves & Muscle Tears
I count down the daysLike I count cocktailsEventually, you hit the limitAnd need to start over Five days, four days Hold my breathFor another waveTry […]