Life
And Just Like That, It's October
And it's shaping up to be a great opportunity to get back on track with some of my (previously) good habits
Life
Does Everything I Love Need to Become a Project?
On creative curiosity, the seduction of possibility, and figuring out which interests actually deserve a job
Life
Dispatches from the Lost Fortnight
Scenes and artifacts from two weeks off the usual map
Life
Other People Are Using the World, Too
A weekend of Car Week annoyances sent me down a rabbit hole about consideration and perspective
Gardening
An Entirely Reasonable Interest in Cucumbers
Ten observations from the garden this summer (so far)
Aging
9 Signs Your Bucket List Has Evolved into a Death Tour
Why midlife dreams start looking less like skydiving and more like finally learning Icelandic
Aging
By 50, You’re Done With More Than You Think
What changes for women in midlife and why you stop tolerating things that used to feel normal
Life
Take the Picture, Because You'll Forget More Than You Think
What a bizarrely calm bird taught me about memory, detail, and proof
holidays
I'm Not an April Fool's Person
On pranks, awkward social scripts, and quietly stepping out of the joke
Life
Somewhere Between Winter and Whatever Comes Next
Turning fifty, rearranging a life, and letting the space tell the truth
Life
Eleven-Year-Old Me Had a Plan
What she got wrong about adulthood and what she understood better than I did
Life
What I Kept, What I Threw Away, and Why It Mattered
On cleaning out our house, reclaiming a space, and choosing the present