We had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. I didn't leave the house for four days, and I didn't have to cook after 2pm on Thursday. The weather was cool and slightly dreary which means hours of candles and strings twinkle lights. Over the course of the weekend, we binged the entire first season of The Amazing …
I haven't wanted to write over the last week. My family is in kind of a crazy season right now; it's been difficult to find the mental space necessary to write. Besides all that, the local government abandoned my library community for a bit - I'm generously calling this a grievous error due to lack …
This is an actual conversation that happened at my house last week (details blurred to protect my integrity) Craig: I saw (unnamed) at (event he attended).Me: REALLY?!?! Did you tell him he's a jackass and kick him where he wishes he had balls?Craig: Yes. I decided utter annihilation was the best way to handle the …
I was listening to Brene Brown yesterday because I love her and want to grow up to be her. She was talking about the stories we tell ourselves, or as she likes to call them, 'shitty first drafts'. If you haven't read her book Rising Strong which focuses on how we overcome hard things, I …
Last week I found references to women being silenced everywhere I went. I kept sending picture after picture to my husband - who never makes me feel unheard - and sending all caps texts about synchronicity and the Goddess and whatever other rant came out in the process. Both of us are moving away from …
We can climb mountains with self-love. - Samira Wiley For someone who has never been terribly invested in politics, the 2016 election played an enormous role in many of my recent shifts. Perhaps it's because I want a better world for my children and their children then the one I see coming to pass, or …
I can't remember the first year I felt a word - a theme, a concept, a guiding principle? - drop into my soul, naming the season to come. It's been more than a decade since it began. I follow the theme, sometimes closely, sometimes loosely, as a way of living intentionally and of understanding the …
