Welcome, Nathaniel! – A Birth Story

Welcome, Nathaniel! – A Birth Story

Whew. It’s been a joyful, crazy, magical, dreadful, emotional couple of weeks. I wanted to write about my birth experience before my brain is completely gone. It might be too late, but I’ll give it a shot. On Thursday afternoon around 2:45 PM I decided that I would... Read More

Went, Listened, Loved

Last night I went to a lecture at the University of Washington given by the fabulous Elizabeth Gilbert, author of my very favorite book of 2006 (and one of my top 5 all-time favorites), Eat, Pray, Love. She was awesome. So witty and engaging. She talked about so many... Read More

Hippopotamus!

This is my favorite photo of myself when I was a child. I was probably around two when it was taken. When I look at it, I think that I seem pretty proud of myself. Almost smug. My mom told me the story behind the photo, and it went something like this. We were out... Read More

Paralyzed

That’s how my brain felt when I thought about writing this morning. Stuck. But right now, I’m attacking a goal. I’ve been thinking about, talking about, planning to get back into writing for a couple of years now. It starts today. In 2003, I made some progress. I... Read More