Warm and sunny for late November, the wind over Lake Michigan creates giant swells like water in a very, very big bathtub. The trail from […]
Don’t forget to build a life
In the summer of 2018, on a Friday night, I got home from work and broke down in my guest room. I think I was […]
Peace in your bones
There is nothing like hearing the waves, seeing the sunlight stream through the clouds, and feeling the warm lake wind on my skin that brings […]
Swales
I learn about the swales along Lake Michigan. Leftover from the last glacial covering 20,000 years ago, creating dips and ridges of land as the […]
Tractor Ride
This evening, we went on a tractor ride after dinner. That is a very rural Midwest sentence on my second full day as a Wisconsin […]
Closed
Nothing has gone as planned this week — I would categorize the extra stressors and mishaps as comical if I still didn’t have more days […]
Look Out, Wisconsin
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 […]
She-Ra, part two
No apologies for the double gushing post because my brain is literally incapable of thinking about anything else after I finished the season last night. […]
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. […]
Quarantine Lessons
Happy Sunday! I’m enjoying some time of my balcony this evening, but feeling strangely exhausted today so I’ve been taking it easy. Can I blame […]