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I suffer no delusions that being an outside person is rare. Moreover, I understand that being an outdoorsy woman isn’t novel. Then, why do I struggle to find people to spend time outside with? My husband is a lovely man who enjoys baking bread, painting, and video games. He
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I’ve been looking for a secondhand copy of this book for a while. Years ago, I downsized my life to move into an RV. This was when minimalism had completely taken hold of me. I took pictures of all of my books before taking them all to my brother’
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I mentioned this in a previous post, but I've gotten my appetite for reading recently. I've been in somewhat of a reading slump for a few months, so it's nice to have the desire to read both with my ears and with my eyes
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This week, I took my I READ BANNED BOOKS tote to McKay’s and added several books to my personal library. I’m looking forward to reading A Man without a Country again, and I’ve wanted to read East of Eden for years. My book reading this year has
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Reading In Public
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This week, I’ve found a lot of creative clarity. I have a few external factors to credit for this, but I also think time and acceptance are to thank. I recently updated my Substack bio, which I’m sure you all noticed - sarcasm. This was due in part
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Reading In Public Series: One Woman's River by Ellen Kolbo McDonah Pt. 1
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Let me begin by saying I am not ashamed of my actions. I watched all of The Residence in just one and a half days. I took my phone to the gym. I propped it against my mixer while I chopped vegetables. I even leaned it against my pillow to
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Earlier this year, I got a message from my friend—let’s call her Samantha—saying she was in tears while watching the news. She felt completely overwhelmed. The rapid-fire delivery of embarrassing bits from our government, followed by disturbing reports about violence in her own neighborhood, left her searching
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Years ago, I took my mom on a road trip to see Bobby Darin. I didn’t know it then, but that was her first concert…ever. Now that I think about it, she didn’t tell me that was her first concert until I took her to the Beach
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I got laid off in January. Being laid off is weird. Friday was my last official day as an employee, and today, as I write this, it is my first official day as a contractor. No Longer Employed On Friday, I felt a lot of things, and not all those
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I've only been reading one book, and I'm not getting a lot of pleasure out of it. At the beginning of the year, I decided I would work on being a more diligent notetaker, and in my mind, that meant reading everything deeply and only one