my friend jill recently shared a link to an article where louise erdrich answered questions from the orion website. the questions are designed to "get to know our favorite writers by exploring the sacred and mundane." i thought these were great questions for getting to know anyone, so i wanted to share them here. feel… Continue reading orion questionnaire
i began writing this monthly post unintentionally in may 2022, motivated by an unexpected and deeply personal loss. your engagement with these posts means so much to me. i wasn’t sure i would continue after that summer, but now, it has become a cherished part of my monthly routine. thank you for reading along each… Continue reading what i kept – august 2024
another icebreaker today. if this is your first visit, you can read this post to learn more about the story behind it. head here for the icebreakers. today's icebreaker: what was your favorite activity as a ten year old? stickers were extremely popular when i was growing up in the 1980s. i remember there was this… Continue reading icebreaker – what was your favorite activity as a ten year old?
over the weekend, i found a photo of myself: i have a vivid memory of this time in my life that i regularly think about. the sky is blue and cloudless. i hear the song "afternoon delight" playing.funny side story about that song.- my dear friend rebecca, who grew up in the philippines, once told… Continue reading childhood in a picture
these are the things i kept on my phone in the month of april. click here to read previous posts. this is biscuits blood brother, pagoda. he's madly in love with me. (the feeling is mutual) eclipse day i took a screenshot of the changes in my google searches over the course of one week. how our… Continue reading what i kept – april 2024
jill shared these icebreaker prompts in one of her recent posts, and i like the idea. it's from rob walker's substack, who wrote the book the art of noticing. each week, someone submits an icebreaker to him via google doc. i'll pick and choose my icebreaker from the list, not in any particular order. (in case… Continue reading icebreaker – what was your third space?
A Grace Full Life 