Jun 24, 2014 | Celebrating in the Dark
A man named Sam passed away this week. I didn’t know him, had never met him. But his daughter, Sue Ann, is a friend of mine. And she wrote a beautiful tribute to him on her blog. Through her celebration of him, I got to meet him and I fell in love with his warm...May 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m not a musical person. I mean I like music. But musical talent —playing instruments or singing— doesn’t come naturally to me. Until last fall, I’d never even picked up a stringed instrument and tried to strum it. But when a pink ukulele magically came into my life,...May 3, 2014 | Beauty + Joy
Earlier this week my sister mentioned a book she was reading called "Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less." At the time, I didn't think twice about it, but this morning the book popped into my mind and I zoomed over to the Amazon website to...Apr 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was just writing a note to my mom to tell her how awesome she is and how much I appreciate her unique brand of humor, which she is able to access even in hard times. While I was addressing the envelope, ZING!, an idea dropped in my head. Wouldn’t it be fun to...Apr 11, 2014 | Beauty + Joy
So often we think of creativity as an ends to a means. We use our creativity so that we can write that story, paint a picture, make a piece of jewelry, or create some other end product. But as someone who is profoundly interested in moment to moment life experiences,...