I spent a very wise ten bucks this week and finally got myself a drain cover for my bathtub. I really like taking baths and […]
Dress-Rehearsing Tragedy
We all dress-rehearse tragedy, right? Like if imagining the worst and conjuring tears and pain will somehow prepare you for the real thing. Except it […]
Another Booster
I got another Covid-19 booster yesterday — I haven’t had one since September and I figured it doesn’t hurt to boost my immune system a […]
The Best Medicine
Though the run is slow Five miles feel like freedom The best medicine With Love, Natalie
A little more okay
A five-mile runAn hour-long bathA to-do list, mostly doneA bookA showA podcastA clean kitchenA load of laundryA sunny day It doesn’t take muchTo feel a […]
Life is just like that all the time
I saved this screenshot on my desktop a while ago and I keep forgetting what it is and reopening it and feeling it deeply all […]
Unhinged and working on it
I open my blog google document, where I sometimes work on drafting poems, and find the latest line alone on a page, “Am I UNHINGED”. […]
What If You Loved Your Body?
I offer you today this episode of “We Can Do Hard Things” with Sonya Renee Taylor. I read Sonya’s book, The Body Is Not An […]
The Blue Sky
There’s a meditation metaphor I learned early on, way back in 2015 in my first days of using the Headspace meditation app: that no matter […]
Tarot Spread for 2023
On New Year’s Eve, I pulled a tarot spread for the year ahead. I wanted to share it here so I can reflect back on […]