Influencers

Adorable dogs sitting on grassy field

I want to share a moment I often think of, but never openly talk about.

I can’t remember her face or her clothes, but I remember her voice and the delicate hand on my knee as I sat cross-legged next to her on my friend’s living room floor.

I was in my early 20s, employe… Read more...

All Them Moons

Three clothespins on clothesline

As I take in the trash cans for the billionth time, a general malaise washes over me, and I wonder if it’s this moment in time we’re in.

Uncertainty, everyone says. What’s next? And the people in the control tower tell us, once again, to hold on while the ship go… Read more...

New Constellations

Constellation in starry sky

One of my best friends from high school once pointed out how I like to think about my thoughts.

He’s right. I like to think about my memories too. And in both cases, I often misinterpret and misremember. I’m often wrong.

But, as it turns out, that’s not a bad thin… Read more...

2 Stones, 1 Dance

I’ve had to limit my dog walks to the nearest block. Ziggy’s getting older, and the three hills we used to do together are too much for him now.

So I’m treading a path that I’m getting to know quite well.

There’s one corner where the intersection is o… Read more...

Mid-Life Crisis

I really hate this term.

I prefer a different phrase for something so inevitable that happens to all of us at the same point in our timelines.

Doesn’t it make sense that halfway through our lives we’re going to self-evaluate?

Just because we take the time to recognize th… Read more...

Future Clogs & Such Things

Gray surface

Neighbors are great for impromptu chats, standing in the street with dogs, with trash bags, with full bottles of wine (I had a French neighbor once).

Dave noticed the pipes that had just shown up running along my fence, down the garden, and letting out onto the sidewalk.

“Ar … Read more...

More White Space

Flowers and frame

Ironically, it’s the absence of words on a page that makes people read the words.

It’s the white space between these lines that makes you want to read the next one.

Designers call this “visual rest.”

We could stand to do this more in conversation:

add

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wh… Read more...

Achievement of the Day

instagram: _juanmay

Ours is a species driven toward accomplishment. We often hinge good-feeling on getting things done, we push relaxation to come after something else. The beer tastes better after mowing the lawn. (Makes me want to mow the lawn lol).

This is a good way to live: a productive way to l… Read more...