It’s sunny and 65 here, so it hardly feels like Christmas. But I’m pretty sure my parents called every member of my family from Costco or some other shopping destination today, asking us questions about what the others wanted. Don’t worry, mom and dad, no one has bought anyone anything yet—and what I have bought,…
When I moved away from Austin, it was noticeable when the airport that felt like home changed: first to Aspen, then to John Wayne. And even when I moved back, it took a bit for ABIA to feel like home. But now it does, again. Still, grateful for my amazing trip to OC to celebrate…
As the vaccine rolls out, I’ve had friends in the medical profession react across the spectrum: immediately receiving it; or sharing content about why they won’t be doing so. I want to leave some research here: Death rates remain consistent year over year … where did the seasonal flu go? Side effects of the vaccines…
To try to put into words what it feels like to be welcomed into a whole other family, as part of it, as if I was never not, is impossible. My brother, his fiancee, and I are a bit of a family unit already, and going to Rio and being welcomed into her family as…
Live from Brazil … lest you think I forgot your covidtainment post! After wearing a mask for 11 hours in an airplane and longer in airports, I can assure you I have forgotten nothing about covid. Brazil’s enforcement/social experience of masking up is pretty similar to Texas’, so it feels pretty natural here. Meanwhile, love…
Beach AND Mountains?! How have I not been here before? I could not be more grateful to be in Brazil right now with my brother and Teti, and I’ll share Rio pics next week, as this week there’s some reflecting to look back over and be grateful for… Piracanjuba Brazilian whey protein drink—I am not…
I’m headed out on my first airplane trip in 10 months. To help understand COVID-19, the data, science, and politics, make sure you sign up for the new newsletter from my dear friend and the smartest, most logical Nurse Practitioner I know: bit.ly/veronicamax Entertainment An 8-mile long wall of art deep in the Amazon is…
I love a stormy beach—the rain, thunder, and weather with crashing waves is just as gorgeous as a 70-and-sunny blue-sky day, in its own way. Particularly in contrast. Fitting, then, that as I reflect on the past week as I compose this gratitude list, we’re sitting at a stormy beach in Texas. First, it should…
2020 was hard for me in ways completely unrelated to the global pandemic we all faced. In fact, if anything the pandemic helped me—gave me space and time to process the traumas in my life that came with the first two months of 2020. The first trauma was a dramatic shift in my career; an…
37 weeks?? How is that for real, and how is much of the country/globe going back into lockdown? We’re headed for a Thanksgiving quarantine family getaway in Galveston, which isn’t all that exciting except that it isn’t here. And a beach is a beach, right? Entertainment Planning on finishing Sin in the Second City, which…