Here’s to more inspiration, friendship, unconditional kindness, and laughter than seems reasonable this season. Also, a healthy dose of wanderlust. And while you’re doling out the holiday cheer– don’t forget a health dose of gentle-loving-tenderness for yourself, okay?
At the end of September, I retreated. I spent four magical days in Albuquerque, New Mexico surrounded by other authors, learning and editing and talking and listening and laughing and writing and just being… still. Which is something I’ve talked a lot about here lately– this idea of rest and stillness, and the fact that it seems simultaneously …
This past week I’ve been thinking about my hands a little more than I usually do. It all started on a morning run last Friday. It was a familiar stretch of sidewalk, one I usually run over at least twice a week. It’s well-lit and not strewn with fall leaves like so many parts of …
I talk a lot about my writing job here, and not as much about my other job as an academic advisor at a large research university. Sometimes (often, actually) really inspiring things happen there too, so I thought I’d share a bit of that this week.
It all started with a weekend getaway with my husband. Heading to a mountain cabin after work one Friday night, we stopped off at a 5 Guys Burgers and Fries to grab a quick dinner. While the getaway was much-needed and relaxing, the meal selections didn’t get much better over the next two days …
I still have some things stored in my old bedroom at my parent’s house. You know, those things that there wasn’t room for in your college room or subsequent apartments, but that you just couldn’t possibly part with. This past year I have begun working on going through these things. Most of it is easy since, obviously, …
