Category: A Good Life
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Scarcity Isn’t the Problem
I had a cup of coffee recently that I keep thinking about, not because of the coffee itself, but because of what happened around it. A barista made it using a Chemex: slow pour, careful, deliberate. Then he served it in a genuinely small cup. Small enough that for a second I wondered if he’d…
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Cheers for a Good Life is on Amazon!
Okay. Let’s talk. Two years ago, I started a blog. Honestly, I had no grand plan. No five-year publishing strategy. No vision board. Just a laptop, too many thoughts, and the audacity to think someone out there might actually want to read them. Although, to be fair, I was pretty convinced they would. Ha! Because…
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The Cafe Afternoon
My husband has always known two things about me. One, I’m capable of writing, and two, I have a habit of getting in my own way. Sure, not really proud of it. For years, we had the same conversation. I’d bring up the book, my book obviously, the one I always knew I had in…
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Generous, and Yet?
It was a great performance from a great performer. Everyone was having fun, the teachers, the parents, and of course, the kids. And honestly? I was, too. Singing and half-dancing from my seat, completely caught up in the moment. Somewhere between songs, I found myself wondering: who made this possible? Who had the influence, or…
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The Art of Stepping Back
There is something about the ocean that always makes me want to stop. Not because it is beautiful, though it definitely is. But because standing before it, I feel permitted to be still. Nothing needs to be explained, nothing needs to be defended. Just me, the horizon, and the sound of waves that come and…
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