A list of things that bring me joy (I hope to get up to 25 by year end)(see Gretchen Rubin for my inspiration): Took so many pictures of these Barbies, like an insane…

It’s Twelfth Night – twelve drummers drumming joining the band and birds to tie up the season. Tomorrow night, which is also considered Twelfth Night if you start counting the 12 days of…

Well, that was a terrible start to 2025, wasn’t it? The usual fizzy optimism and clean fresh blackboard sense of early January have been supplanted by grief and sorrow. And anger – at…

Someone living nearby has added a rooster to the neighborhood. Its morning crows are quiet enough that we find him a charming addition, though I’m sure it must be out of even New…

All going well here – I’ve been in therapy all year and I’m about to end it (because it has been so effective!), but that’s where I poured a lot of my confessional…