This time of year is probably my favorite. Of course I’m a sucker for summer—those endless warm days, fresh fruit, sun tans and swimsuits, the joy of being outside. But these days are wonderful in their own special way. Last week I went downtown Chicago with a dear...
These days I’m trying with a new eagerness to pause, because the days and weeks and months are slipping into history. It’s a different kind of discipline for 2020—the year full of challenge after challenge after challenge. Pausing takes a whole lot of...
I must have started a dozen blog posts before this one took shape. It felt fuzzy at first—at least the words did. But the idea and emotions behind it made my heart beat a little faster and my spirit shout, “Yes! That!” The other posts weren’t bad. Someday they...
Compassion My heart beats a little faster, and a fire swells in my bones when I hear this word. In these 10 letters, I feel like I can finally describe the voice that keeps me up at night. This has been a season of explosion—a burst of color and sights and...
The post that follows, is a bit different than what I normally write, but in these uncertain times, I have found myself so grateful for those who have been my team, my allies, my support. So here is a note to my team. I treasure the 10th day of every month. January...
Enter flour, salt, yeast, and water. I’m amazing at being impatient. It runs in my family—and humanity—so I have to practice. I have to practice waiting and pausing and extending kindness in the frustration that tags along. In the last few years, baking...
