Dear Rhett, Here we are again. You don’t remember this, but four years, ago, we were at my birthday dinner when your mommy and daddy had some special news. There at Lilli’s, huddled around a booth, they told us that they…
a few thoughts about 2017
Dear 2017, We’re nearly there, my friend. It’s December 29 and we’re closing this lap together. Looking around, I have the feeling that in lots of ways, I’m not all too different from when we met some 360ish days ago….
Spring
There’s a scene in the most recent season of The Crown in which Princess Margaret goes riding on the back of a motorbike across London. The scene is beautiful itself, but the music that plays overhead is stirring, practically etherial…
Rowboats & Crepe Myrtle
When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions. Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst. Why?…
What I Want to Wear When I See Paris Again
I’ve played the game a hundred times, if not a thousand. You have 12 hours in Paris … what do you do? Where do you go? Where do you mange? I’ve thought about the walk (start near Place des Vosges…
finding my way back
Hello, old friend. It’s been a very long time … so long in fact that I think like it’s just you and me in this space. That’s a fact that gives me two options: feel sad that whatever following this…