I've been thinking a lot lately about how we, as individual human beings, can contribute to the healing of our society. It should be clear to everyone at this point that humanity has a list of existential crises that we have known about for more or less time. These situations have not yet been addressed …
Month: June 2021
Why Did You Do That?
I am essentially a really annoying child, in an adult's body. I ask "why?" a lot. For those of you who, like me, have an insatiable curiosity for how and why people do things, you may already know from experience that this is, at best, a trait that occasionally annoys others, and at worst, may …
Balls in the Air
I wanted to make sure I got something published, just to make sure you all didn't think I had dropped off the earth or anything. The truth is, there are a ton of things "in the works" right now and I'm not really at liberty to reveal any of them yet. I have been busy, …
Is Growth Inevitable?
In many different contexts, it seems as if things are continually increasing, rising, expanding or growing. We are told the universe grows as though the galaxies are placed on the outside of a balloon that is being blown up indefinitely (until it pops?). We are also told that if you are able to save even …
Cooking Creatively, or Why a Recipe is a Guideline, not a Mandate
The other day, I was gifted a meal kit from a friend of mine. It was something she had sent to her that she couldn't eat (due to gluten) and she thought I might like it. So I got to try it out. It was a baked tortellini dish with a tomato cream sauce. Turns …
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Accomplishments
I have mentioned in the past that I have never really understood or related to my own emotions. As long as I can remember, I felt like I would observe people giving an emotional response to some event in their lives and try to figure out how I would feel if I had experienced the …
Plans for the Future
Since I have been struggling a bit to find the right intersection of time and inspiration lately, I figured I'd write a post with a few highlights of what I plan to do with this space in the future. Of course there is no timeline for these plans or anything resembling a "goal" to ensure …