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It would’ve been easy not to do Camp this year. For it to seem silly and unnecessary to host casual walks and creative exercises in one of the hardest months. But, I could feel in my body, in the way that it lit up at the very idea, that this w

Today marks six months since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Six months since I started living in direct response (and relentless resistance) to dying. Even though we caught it early. Even though the prognosis is good.

Six months of learning to

I made something for you! A small postcard of reminders for navigating and enjoying a season that is magical and stressful and overwhelming and joyful and disappointing and all the things. I was going to tell you my favorites are:
1 Opting out is a

As we’re charging toward the end of the year, our thoughts inevitably turn toward reflection (what went well, what went wrong), anticipation, and resolution. I wonder how it would feel if, this year, we began with release.

- excerpt from Day 9

I can tell my mind has been spending too much time in the future lately, because I haven’t been breathing very well. Inhales tight, exhales short. The future, I think, is a lot like space. It’s just on the other side of our (atmosp)here,

Anyone else want a vacation from being a grown up? Or even just a healthy dose of good old-fashioned fun? Like the kind we had when we were kids, running around in backyards, chasing fireflies and sprinkler streams, stopping only for popsicles or poo

Always searching for magic and roadside ice cream stands. 🍦

Fun fact: My first job was working at the Tastee Treat, a midwestern ice cream stand tucked away in the cornfields of Benton County, where I lived on vanilla diet cokes (half vanilla syru

Spontaneous Thursday Happy Hour | @mothertonguerestaurant | West Hollywood, CA

Highlights: A conversation about possibility over passion fruit margaritas and a plate of slider.

Filed under: Scenes of Summer

From a location previously filed under: Place Where I Used To Drink Many Delicious Margaritas with @r___j___guillermo And Take All Of My Out Of Town Guests.

Very different vibe. Still very delicious.

Sunday morning coffee date | Slammer’s Cafe | West Hollywood
Highlights: A fun flavored latte. A nigiri shaped like a fish. Spending the morning with @chasetanner in one of our favorite pastimes. And a surprise destination that I didn’t s

Saturday morning brunch | @greatwhite | West Hollywood, CA
Highlights: A giant stack of fluffy pancakes for the table and reconnecting with new friends I met at an event I attended- accidentally and uncharacteristically- alone last fall. An event th

December 2020 | West Lafayette, IN

Your house. But gingerbread. But instead of gingerbread- graham crackers.

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As part of my Muppet Christmas Carol-inspired series on Outsourced Optimism, this week I visited some Christmases Past which

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