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Six months later and I’m learning about gratitude. It’s always a lesson I scoffed at as if it wasn’t important. It seemed too simple, too childlike, too inapplicable. Six months ago I walked out of the ICU to get a bagel and some coffee. Another bad night of sleep against a window, hoping the new…
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There’s no reason I should have to write an obituary with such a short span of years, but the ravages of cancer require such mathematical adjustments. The Fresno community lost a truly special lady, Holly Carter. I know Holly from the 2008 election, where she coordinated a media event the day Sarah Palin was named…
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There’s no reason I should have to write an obituary with such a short span of years, but the ravages of cancer require such mathematical adjustments. The Fresno community lost a truly special lady, Holly Carter. I know Holly from the 2008 election, where she coordinated a media event the day Sarah Palin was named…
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Somehow I’ve crawled from beneath the dust of my own writer’s block to return to this silly little project I started awhile ago. It’s remarkable – the timbre of the voice that says “your writing will never be as good as it was, and it wasn’t even that good to begin with.” I don’t know…
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As those of who you follow my Instastories know (god I’m sorry you have to see those), I’ve recently become obsessed with Marie Kondo and her whole tidying up routine. For those who haven’t seen the show (including me!) it’s about sifting through the clutter and identifying things that no longer serve you, and letting…
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As those of who you follow my Instastories know (god I’m sorry you have to see those), I’ve recently become obsessed with Marie Kondo and her whole tidying up routine. For those who haven’t seen the show (including me!) it’s about sifting through the clutter and identifying things that no longer serve you, and letting…
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Not accustomed to happiness, and I’ve probably covered this topic before. But like a car that’s gotten used to running on regular gas, I’m used to running on a shitstorm of horrible. It drives me – problem solving, having to work your way out of a tight jam, those last minute Hail Marys. However, I’ve…
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Not accustomed to happiness, and I’ve probably covered this topic before. But like a car that’s gotten used to running on regular gas, I’m used to running on a shitstorm of horrible. It drives me – problem solving, having to work your way out of a tight jam, those last minute Hail Marys. However, I’ve…
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I may have talked about it before (I think? Hell if I know) about writer’s block, and the best way to overcome it being incrementalism (complete one small task, and then pick up on that momentum). But what *is* writer’s block, or analysis paralysis, exactly? And why does it feel like the creative version of…
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I don’t throw things away. It always surprises people when I find a postcard they wrote me 5 years ago or a picture from college. I really don’t get rid of anything. And unfortunately that extends to clothing. As someone who’s perpetually deal-obsessed and has always been surrounded by people who love accumulating clothes, I’ve…