The most important. More than water, food, shelter, we humans need love. AND I HAVE IT. And I want to keep it. And grow it. I want to love bigger and harder and more and more openly! Last year was incredibly BRIGHT. 2022 was challenging but somehow not, as it opened my heart to SO…
This goofy boy stole my heart on Dec 7, or maybe Dec 6 when I saw his profile online. It was another 10 days before I was allowed to foster this “behavioral issue” dog, and another 9 after that before we sent the “we will adopt him please” email. Today, January 3, 2023, is the…
ah, the magic, magic holidays. so much to be grateful for around the season, be it my super amazing family with its uncomplicated relationships, my own magical uncomplicated relationship approaching its one-year(!) mark, the new addition to our lil fam with his own goofy, needy, perfect magic, or my super-fun-challenging new job with its super-fun-challenging…
This week I have been called both a bulldog and a karen, with basically the same meaning but obviously very different connotations. I just call it tenacity, and it’s a part of my personality that I very much like—it has set me up for success in an overall corporate world that still values masculine-style aggression,…
I’m not doing any gift guides or Christmas lists, except these checklists are always ‘dear santa’ lists, aren’t they? ‘Tis the Season … Buy All The Things! Pack Yer Bags Eat and Drink All The Things Admire The Things Turns out this gorgeous, ethereal art is produced by my neighbor?? 79. 78. 77. 76. 75. 74. 73. 72. 71. 70. 69. 68. 67. 66. 65. 64. 63. 62. 61. 60. 59. 58. 57. 56. 55. 54. 53. 52. 51. 51+. 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 46+. 45. 44. 43. 42. 41. 40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31. 30. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 23. 21. 21+. 20. 20+. 19. 19+. 18. 18+. 17. 17+. 16. 15. 14. 14+. 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6.…
!Y feliz cumpleanos a mi amiga de la aventura! My last Mexico trip of 2022 brought me to the beautiful if touristy Cabo San Lucas, Mexico … where I got to swim with schools of fish and snorkel with a sea lion! I ate on of the best meals of my life at Manta, which…
No pictures, you just need to know. You pretty much can’t mess these up and they’re amazing.
My dad LOVES flashlights. He loves to tell you how many lumens each light has. He loves tiny lights, and big lights. He loves battery-powered and solar-powered and lawd-only-knows-how-powered lumens. Does he have a favorite flashlight? Yes. Does it change? Also yes. In that spirit I reveal what readers of this blog already know: I…
My family is so effing awesome. There are 21 of us, plus my Handsome Humanitarian Warrior’s 3, in Austin for this holiday and I couldn’t be happier. I am so grateful for my cousins. They are all incredible humans. It turns out I haven’t seen some of them in over three years and while we’ve…
39 things I want to continue doing before my 39th birthday (NOT in order): loving skiing happy relationship supporting others enjoying max time outside so many friends neph neighbros saying no time with dad time with mama rest lifting the body I like moving through space neat house volleyball hot cowboy pool climbing dinner parties…