Rate this post Summer is a magical season. The long sunlight, the hot days, the warm nights, the greenery everywhere — the world seems to buzz with energy and possibility. The season officially kicks off on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. It’s easy to miss — don’t pay attention (or read…
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Rate this post I’ve always believed that you can never have too many books in your TBR pile — and that reading more than one book at a time isn’t a sign of distraction, but rather a reflection of our layered lives. Our moods shift, our attention ebbs and flows, and different seasons call for…
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Rate this post Two years ago I sat at a coffee shop surrounded by strangers making things. One was drawing desert flora and fauna with crayons and markers in an open sketchbook. There was someone knitting, and another embroidering a jacket. Another was carefully watercoloring a barrel cactus. I’d just moved to this desert town…
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Rate this post “What can I get you, darling?” The bartender said, sliding a paper coaster across the bar. Usually I would have rolled my eyes, but the endearing term caught me off guard. It’s been so long since someone called me darling, since someone made me feel like a darling. I ordered my drink and blinked away…
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Rate this post I’m a bit to-do list obsessed. Notebooks, sticky notes, my planner, and calendar are all filled with seemingly endless tasks, from work projects and personal writing to chores and appointments to schedule. Even self-care ends up on the to-do list because if I don’t put it on there, I’ll likely forget to…
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Rate this post This holiday season, we’re remembering that the giving season is about so much more than material things and gifts: It’s about showing love to the people in our lives, our communities, our planet, and ourselves. And there are many ways to do that beyond gifts! Perhaps it’s offering your resources to the…
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Rate this post In 2018 and 2019, two brain injuries left me in a state I couldn’t have imagined, forcing me to put down what I love most in the world: listening to and writing music. One concussion, followed too quickly by another, wreaked havoc on my mental and physical health, causing a cascade of…
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Rate this post Doesn’t autumn tend to feel more like the beginning of a new year than January does? The change in weather often aligns with changes in our personal lives and major political and global shifts, too. Change always necessitates adjustment — whether it’s big or small, intentional or unplanned, for the better or…
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Rate this post When I was a child, I didn’t have to do anything to feel present during the holidays. It just happened. From ages 4–7, my family lived in Queens, New York, where my father was completing his surgical residency. I can visualize my dad putting me on his shoulders to watch the Macy’s…
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Rate this post Journaling is not the glamorous habit I make it out to be in my mind. I envision luxe hard-bound volumes full of pristine, poetic calligraphy written by candlelight before dawn. Reality finds me sitting sleepily in a robe, writing nonsense into spiral-bound notebooks until my coffee kicks in. My initial plan for…
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