Today was surprising. Work was hard. Unexpectedly. Again.And then. And then. And then.There are more important things than work.Dinner and a glass of wine at […]
Blank Page
I am a blank page today. Unordered, without narrative.I refresh my library holds. In transit. In transit.I type out job competencies and review compensation plans. […]
5 Non-Work Things
For those days when work is everything, a reminder that it is not: With Love,Natalie
October Saturday
We skip from late summer to early winter overnight and I find myself running in below-forty-degree weather on a gray and rainy afternoon. The colors […]
Pulse Check
A pulse check. I am tired. It hails today and it brings me joy — for the winter ahead, bundle up — but I sink […]
September 13th
It’s September 13th but I forget. I forget. I remember. And then let it wash away. I pull two cards this evening. They fall out […]
Why do you need to be who you were before?
I’m always finding random writing in old notebooks, but I don’t know when I wrote this one. It could be anytime in the last eight […]
8 Year Workiversary
Today is my eight-year work anniversary (workiversary) at my job. The equivalent of high school and college combined. It’s kind of wild. So here are […]
Old camp songs
I get old camp songs stuck in my head. Swing Low. Today. Seven daffodils. We sang them every evening before heading back to our cabins […]
Unmoored
I can’t get the word unmoored out of my head. Unmoored from the harbor. Reaching for the ropes. Swimming while not quite remembering how. The […]