The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Over the weekend a friend of mine invited me to join her and anyone else who showed up to read poetry at a cafe on Sunday morning. We could bring a poem of our own,...
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52 Meals: A Year of New Recipes Weekly / January
A few months into the pandemic, when we realized we weren’t going to see each other in person soon, my writing buddy and I hopped on FaceTime to chat. “Have you tried any new recipes?”...
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Word of the Year // 2022
The first few years I designated a word of the year, they were ones I intentionally thought of. After a few years that just felt… ungenuine. I didn’t like the idea that I was choosing...
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Word of 2021
At the end of 2019, I went for a walk in the woods after a fresh snowfall and recorded a video. I had some lofty goals for 2020 and wanted to record how I felt...
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Finding Joy in the Midst of Stress
Sliding in with one more post for 2020, stolen from Insta because my dad told me it was good and should be on my blog and I do everything my dad tells me to do....
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A Prayer for Joy
As summer came to an end this year I thought back to a post I wrote back in 2017. I had just left a job where I worked with some leaders who treated me as...
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Support a Friend in their Professional Endeavors // 2 Ways
Your friend–or maybe they’re a coworker or an employee–has achieved an accomplishment in their career and you’d like to show your support. Thank you for being a supportive friend and lifting them up! As you...
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5 Things I Learned Speaking at a Conference (for the first time!)
With all that’s happened in 2020, it kind of shocks me when I realize that this is the year I spoke at a conference for the first time. It seems like ages ago. But in...
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Virtual Chat // Life’s a Whirlwind
Hi. Hello. It’s been awhile. I can’t believe it’s been over six months. I think that’s the longest I’ve ever gone without updating. I have partial drafts of posts that I started writing back before...
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Minneapolis in May and June 2020
The last Tuesday of May, I woke up and saw that a black man had been killed by police the night before in Minneapolis. I saw the photo and was stunned. This isn’t the first...
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