Bye bye 2016 (you were a trip)
I’m going to wrest myself away from old episodes of The Great British Bake Off long enough to bid farewell to 2016. If I had to use to just one word to describe the last year, I’d say: tumultuous. There were some highs and some lows, but mostly it was just unsettled and, truth be […]

Three trips for 2016
It seems about right that I’m wishing you a happy new year 9 days in…”constantly playing catch up” was a theme for last year. But I gave myself a bit of a break—instead of wrapping up the new year in contemplation and quiet, as I generally like to do, I spent the last day of […]

Year-end musings
It seems like December 31 is the year’s most contemplative day, don’t you think? The bug hits me, I’ll admit. I’ve spent the past few days thinking about the year, the pace of which felt a little like this. Even as the light dims this late afternoon (snow is falling!), I’m still hoping to have […]