Progress isn’t linear, life rewards risk-takers, discomfort is growth, and other things I tell myself to get through a hard time.
Category Archives: Marriage
Year in Review: 2024
This year I deepened my relationship to music (I’m a lyrics gal) and worked toward crafting a lush and creative life.
1-800 Got Junk
The stress of moving to a new apartment, alone, and a disastrous furniture assembly project inspire me to let go. Also, got my first tattoo!
Year in Review: 2023
In my worst year ever, I found creative inspiration everywhere I looked.
Going Through Changes Now (Also, a Trip to LA)
I’m going through changes, all of the strangeness, but I’m starting to embrace it. Also, why don’t we all live in Los Angeles?
A Yoga Retreat in the Chihuahua Desert
A yoga retreat in Far West Texas with a group of strangers brought up a lot feelings. Also, it was a million degrees.
Roots and Branches
It’s been a little more than a month into this new part of life – a segment that certainly feels like “the worst time of my life” to date. But perhaps in hindsight it’ll register more as a turning point, a stepping stone, or merely “a very strange time.” It’s uncertain, confusing, and painful. ButContinue reading “Roots and Branches”
A Light in the Attic
There’s a light in the attic during a dark time.
The Joys of Moving
In my last blog post, I said our Princeton to DC move was our most pleasant yet but that was before we’d actually arrived and had all of our possessions delivered to DC. Let the record show: Moving is never pleasant, even when it’s just a few hundred miles away rather than the thousands ofContinue reading “The Joys of Moving”
That Time I Didn’t Notice My Husband Stopped Wearing His Ring
I’ve been watching the Showtime show The Affair. Anyone who has watched will know that it is a deeply psychological study of marriage, an affair, and the individuals involved and it really makes you think. It’s probably not the show you want to watch with red wine as your only company while your husband sleepsContinue reading “That Time I Didn’t Notice My Husband Stopped Wearing His Ring”