As I sit here in the dark of pre-dawn with a cup of tea in my hand, I find myself thinking about the past year. While darkness still rules the sky, I know that the sun will be up soon after the longest night of the year. Today is Winter’s Solstice, and this is the…
I know. It’s a cliché. We’ve all heard it over and over. Dance like nobody’s watching. It’s supposed to be a metaphor to live life to the fullest. I get that. But I have a thought. What if you ACTUALLY danced like you didn’t care if the whole world was watching ? Like, for real?…
(Warning: this is a long post–but if you stick with me, I think you’ll see it is worth the read.) If you’re like me, you have a bunch of Spotify playlists that help get you through each day. And, like mine, they might be evolving. I often hear a song, like how it sounds, and…
Lessons from my early efforts at vegetable gardening.
My bedtime routine is pretty consistent. I start to fall asleep in my chair, someone tells me to go to bed, and I eventually drag myself in that direction, stopping first in the kitchen to put my empty wine glass in the sink and then to nudge Marcel to come with me. We both sluggishly…
