When I was 12 and, my younger brother was 9, we were wandering around a mall department store together as we often did, many times. Growing up in a rural area, malls were social centers and we were at them often. A lot of the memories blend together, but there are a handful we still …
Continue reading What’s a Lemon? – Why Making the Best of Everything Isn’t in Your Best Interest
I have pretty moderate baking skills. I can follow a recipe. I can improvise a bit. And at the right time, I really enjoy it. I learned to bake before I learned to cook and it was something I was particularly drawn to when I was young. In the early days of the internet I …
Continue reading Why is The Great British Baking Show aka Bake Off — So Damn Soothing?
Ok, so wow. I finally did it. I finally wrote a book. I've been working on this book for well over a year (maybe even two...) and I've been dreaming of publishing for even longer than that. I still can't even believe that my words exist out in the world and people are paying money …
Continue reading I Wrote a Book! ‘Night Bodies’ is available now!
Summer is a tough season for me. It sounds strange to admit and hard to believe, even for me. But once I read this article on summer depression at the start of the season and noticed I identified with a good chunk of it, I realized how many summers of my life have been dictated …
The past two weeks it has felt like I can't do a single thing right. Blunder after blunder. All little things that after awhile... start to feel like mighty big things. Traditionally, I have a personality type where I like to beat myself up over everything. Perfection has always been the name of the game. …
