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Welcoming the Darkness

Happy “time-change adjustment period” and “transitioning from autumn to the holiday season stage”! I’ve been looking forward to the time change for a…

Nov 6 •

October 2023

September was a Month

I find myself with a predicament these days. I want to write. Poems, plays, articles, novels, children’s books. I want to write them all. I even have…

Oct 5 •

September 2023

Reflections for the End of Summer

Hi, friends! Although I already feel heavily invested in the rhythms of September, I want to spend some time reflecting on the golden season that was…

Sep 13 •

August 2023

Cottage Week 2023

For years, my family went to the same cottage each summer. Someone recently asked me why we chose to go to the same place each summer and the answer…

Aug 22 •

July 2023

Liminal Moments

Leaning into the moments when we are tempted are tempted to choose "less"

Jul 31 •

How to be a Grown-Up

Things to do and ways to be

Jul 24 •

June 2023

A Bin of Photos Under the Bed

Do you have one too?

Jun 28 •

A Weekend in NYC

Impressions of the city, highlights from the trip, and lessons learned along the way

Jun 27 •

May 2023

A comprehensive list of everything that has felt sad and hard recently

May 4 •

April 2023

Lent and Easter 2023

For the season of Lent this year, I gave up silence. You might wonder what that looks like. So did I. I still don’t exactly know. I love quiet. I love…

Apr 11 •

Part 3, My Spending Habits: The Way I Want Things to be

I’ve enjoyed pulling together all my scattered thoughts about money. (You can read Part One and Part Two, if you haven’t already.) At the same time, it…

Apr 4 •

March 2023

Part 2, My Spending Habits: The Way Things Are

I want to acknowledge first of all that my questions come from a place of privilege. It’s important to me that I don’t forget that. You can read Part…

Mar 20 •

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