We had multiple snow days this week and I’m spoiled to have a job that lets me work from home when the weather is bad. The change of routine is refreshing and I’m reminded how much I benefit from cozy surroundings. Working in my living room, instead of at a[Read more]

More than once, I’ve had a friend comment, “I forget how short you are until we’re standing side by side!” When I’m running on all cylinders, my personality can be big, masking things like my height (or depression). I’ve always liked that about myself, being more than what I seem[Read more]

It’s easy for me to get lost in language – the hunt for the right word, the desire to be understood – forever processing things from the neck up. Last night I put the keyboard aside and brought the paint brushes out; my attempt at feeling something instead of thinking[Read more]

Light does not come from light, but from darkness. – Mircea Elilade What if I looked at darkness as the place where my light begins? I think part of me knew this when I chose my word for 2024. To have a more luminous life I’m going to have to[Read more]

It’s cold in Louisville. Single digit windchills and a light coat of snow on the ground. Like 99% of Louisvillians, I plan my comings and goings around winter weather and made sure to run all my errands before the temps dropped, thrilled at the idea I wouldn’t have to venture[Read more]

Last summer, in addition to rescuing some family china (which I wrote about last week), I was entrusted with my great great aunt’s silver – a variety of pieces of Oneida’s Community Plate collection in lovely patterns with names like Chateau Rose, Patrician, and Tudor. Like the teacups I turned[Read more]