Sink or Swim
When I was very young—young enough that this story comes to me second-hand, and not from my memory—I apparently decided that I could swim and jumped into the deep end [...]
When I was very young—young enough that this story comes to me second-hand, and not from my memory—I apparently decided that I could swim and jumped into the deep end [...]
In certain Buddhist beliefs, there are enlightened people—called bodhisattvas—who decide to hang out on earth instead of basking in nirvana. Their aim, in delaying their entry into what we would [...]
As someone in a creative field, I spend a lot of time staring abstractly into space waiting for inspiration to strike me. It's partly the reason I've always imagined that [...]
You ever come across a quote, a song lyric, even an image that rearranged your mental furniture? I've probably come across dozens. I have them scribbled in notebooks and on [...]
Roughly one week ago, my husband Michael and I were wandering down the streets of Hollywood, Florida after a supremely excellent dinner in a local restaurant called The Tipsy Boar. [...]
So, I know some people may take umbrage with the idea of happiness as "lurking". After all, it's happiness! It's that shiny, bright, bubbly space that seems to spill from [...]
One of my dear friends recently posted this awesome image on Insta, which I’m formally thanking thereisnoceiling.com for. I flipping love this post, and I even kinda relate. In many [...]
In contemplating how I wanted this particular post to come together, I found myself thinking about my oldest son's blog. Because writing appears to be in our family's genes, he [...]
I've been busy. Everyone relates. For me, it's been this major project I work on every year that just scoops me up and drags me under. But, if I'm being [...]
By Kara Noble I make the change from 2 to 1 And lord over the entire expanse of white A woman crushed and stuck with shattered trust Discarded on [...]