What I Learned This Summer
This summer I learned to be suspicious of all people. You can’t trust others. This seems like an odd thing to write, because on the one hand I tend to opt on the side of...
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Soak Up the Moments
“Do you want to have a picture or a moment?” Last October I attended NerdCon: Stories in Minneapolis and one of the authors in attendance was Patrick Rothfuss. He went to college in my hometown,...
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February Ruminations
At the beginning of February I took a writing class at the literary center in Minneapolis. It was more on the writing business side of things than actually a writing class, but it felt great...
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January Ruminations
January was an eventful month. We said goodbye to my sister’s dog Wolf and I was focused on Little One’s recovery from an injury. My mind was also on a couple of projects from work,...
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On Cultivating a Night Routine
Last week my sweet Little One wasn’t quite herself. In a previous “10 Things That Made Me Happy” I said that she had injured her leg, but was better. And she was. The morning I...
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On Being the Youngest/Only Child
Back in December (I think) I watched this video by Ingrid Nilsen, in which she discusses being an only child and it really resonated with me. That might be surprising to some. If you’ve followed...
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Dear 2015
Dear 2015, You were… You were. Okay, let’s try this again.
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Theme Week Recap
Back in September I followed a prompt to write a letter to 16-year-old me. My mom loved it and wondered what it would be like if I wrote other posts like it. I think she...
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A Letter to 25-Year-Old Me
Back in September I followed a prompt to write a letter to 16-year-old me. My mom loved it and wondered what it would be like if I wrote other posts like it. I think she...
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A Letter to 19-Year-Old Me
Back in September I followed a prompt to write a letter to 16-year-old me. My mom loved it and wondered what it would be like if I wrote other posts like it. I think she...
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