In Door County, you go with the weather’s plans rather than your own. But today, the weather was beautiful, the lake was calm, and we […]
Nana & Bumpa & Home
It’s the first time I’ve shown my grandparents — Nana & Bumpa — a place of my own. I moved away after high school graduation, […]
Finally Home, Part Two
Another day of unpacking — we’re getting there! Books on shelves, boxes all emptied even if the contents aren’t completely organized. It’s more exhausting than […]
Finally Home
It finally happened. A solid month later. With much ghosting and false starts. But the movers arrived today! My parents and I spent the afternoon […]
6-Year Workiversary
Today is my 6-year workiversary at my job at CareerPlug. Through all the opportunities, learnings, tough times, and amazing times, I remain so grateful to […]
Sewing Club
For whatever reason, this week was a long one. But I put in my calendar at 5pm today: Sewing Club. This is a tribute to […]
Breaking In
New spaces take breaking in. The smell of you in your favorite couch blanket. Your personality on the walls or in a nail polish carpet […]
Still on vacation
My parents have a sign hanging by the coat rack: “Still on vacation” They got it, I believe, some time after they moved permanently to […]
Fireball
Here’s a Wisconsin/Door County Friday evening for you: Homemade pizzas, dough and all, cooked on the grill A good bottle of red wine, saved to […]
The habits of happiness
I host Ted Talk Lunch & Learns occasionally at work, and today we watched Matthieu Ricard’s talk “The Habits of Happiness”. It’s an old talk […]