Spring is (finally!) arriving in Brooklyn, after what has felt like an incredibly long and grey winter. I took a long walk through Prospect Park this afternoon, which was lovely, but after all that fresh air and sunshine, I am officially tuckered out – which is the perfect excuse for sitting down to write for…
Happy Saturday! Winter has arrived in earnest here in Brooklyn, and I am happy to report that my sole accomplishments thus far today have included watching movies, eating way too much comfort food, and staying indoors. It’s currently 13° F (and likely feels colder). Somehow spending the day under a blanket seemed like the most…
She loves the smell of warm coffees, bloomed roses and new beginnings. – Sonia Azalia What is it about new beginnings that we love so much? Perhaps it’s the hope and the promise of an unknown future, a rebirth of the awareness that we have a choice about who we are and how we live. …
It seems a lifetime (or two) has happened in the interim, but I used to write a weekly post entitled “7 Quick Takes Friday.” It was part of a link-up that Jennifer Fulweiler at Conversion Diary started years and years ago, and when her schedule became too busy for her to continue to host it,…
A few weeks ago, a woman got onto the subway at the stop after mine, and after awhile, she began to preach. At first, I thought she might have been the slightest bit crazy, because she started by quoting random lyrics to old-school church songs (but saying them, not singing them), and it’s not unusual in…
