My Life
Does the vague name make it sound more edgy?
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Ode to Denise
For years now my family has gone all out on Christmas cards. Whether it’s choosing a theme (Giants football, thrifted Christmas sweaters, USA) or just choosing a strategy (making a family pyramid, mimicking the Brady Bunch, designing a crossword puzzle) we try to create something that will both celebrate the year and make people smile. Continue reading
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I Took a Ceramics Class
One of my goals this year was to take a ceramics class. I took ceramics as an elective in high school, and to fulfill a 3D art requirement in college, and enjoyed both, so I’ve often thought about finding a way to get back into it. And since goal setting is the easiest way to Continue reading
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We’re Making a Movie!
Two years ago, I booked a flight to Nashville to join a writing team. 99 other people, from 38 states and six countries, did the same thing. We were all answering the call to an Instagram ad, a proposal to do something no one had ever done before, the chance to be a part of Continue reading
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Welcome to the Table, Willie
Two weeks before you were born, we celebrated your uncle’s birthday. We sat at our favorite hibachi restaurant, passing plates of sushi back and forth, and clapping as our chef caught an egg in his hat and constructed an onion volcano. We held up our drinks, asking each other, “do you want to try this?” Continue reading
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Sights & Sounds at the Farmer’s Market
About once a month I volunteer with Food Forward at a local farmer’s market, collecting food from vendors that they otherwise would’ve had to throw away, and donating it to food relief organizations. It’s a light, breezy way to spend an afternoon—with the occasional burst of cardio and strength training as you transport heavy boxes Continue reading
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The Tiny Grenade
First, a tiny reminder. At the beginning of every year, I find a word. It’s a theme of sorts. Something to pray on and learn from throughout the year. And come December, I reflect on all that it gave me. This year, the word is: wonder. . Now, a tiny time travel. Back in 2016, Continue reading
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My Current Weekly Workout Routine
Piggy backing off of last week’s post about exercise (and doing it even if you’re not wearing a fitness tracker) I thought I’d revisit/update this blog from last April about my weekly workout routine. I was happy to reread it and find I’m still feeling the same way about exercise—that it should be fun and Continue reading
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My Best Day in May
There is always something special about a three-day weekend. Though few and far between on a typical work schedule, they bring two special weeks in a row: a three-day weekend followed by a four-day work week. Needless to say, Memorial Day was already shiny before it started. I woke up that Monday lazy, without hurry, Continue reading
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Niche Work Joys
We all work different jobs with different stresses, different demands, different highs and different lows. And while in a general sense, we can find ways to relate to each other, there are some things we just can’t explain. Moments of frustration and joy that, with backstory and context we can bring someone halfway, but never Continue reading
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My Spring Bucket List
Right, so, it has been spring for almost a month now, but here I am with a Spring Bucket List. Also, it’s Tuesday and I usually post on Monday. But oh well. I just like this list and wanted to share, because somehow spring feels extra springy this year and I just got some tulips Continue reading
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