I couldn’t wait to leave. That’s what I wrote on bio on this website after describing my charmed life growing up in small-town Wisconsin. And […]
A Good Thing
In September 2016, I was attending my cousin’s wedding in Minneapolis. It was the morning of the wedding and I was helping set up a […]
Sharing what you love
When you love people you want to share with them what you love. At least, I do. The experiences and the stories. There’s this desperation […]
I Forgot About Makeup
I co-led a webinar today with ~380 participants, video on, and did not wear makeup. When I found out we were doing video-on 15 minutes […]
A Postponement
In the other timeline, I would have officiated my two best friends’ wedding by this time today. I would have worn this really beautiful red […]
Graduation Day
Circa March 2014. It was a night we started too late, just talking, standing in a dorm room, then drinking in a dorm room, and […]
A Good Person
My brother is 26 today. I search back through my memory of all the stories I could tell about him to try to find one […]
Pop Rocks
We’re at that point in quarantine where, for better or for worse, the smallest joys can feel like miracles. Perhaps I shouldn’t call them small. […]
5/9/20
Up at dawn for a 14-mile run. The longest I’ve ever traveled. A new running belt that carries two 10 oz water bottles so for […]
A Nostalgic Hangout
One time my friend Zia and I made a batch of Puppy Chow, proceeded to immediately consume the entire bowl and spun into sugar high […]