Chilly Cheeriness

Thank you for not collectively rolling your eyes at my anxiety-fueled post yesterday. Oy. More than once I’ve come back to my blog and re-read my rants only to be sheepishly embarrassed, especially when there are comments and I know I can’t delete it and...

Check Yourself

I was having lunch today at one of my favorite weekend haunts when I noticed a woman approach a nearby table. The cafe was busy; I’d waited several minutes for a two-top, where I sat reading and occasionally glancing up at the odd variety of Tempe folk who come...

Hasta Luego

I’m off to Bolivia for a couple weeks. I hope to check in when possible. I promise to return with a memory card full of photos, a journal full of stories and a suitcase full of alpaca yarn. (And maybe a bag of coffee and a few cigars too.) Be well,...

Frida Stamps

For those who inquired about the Frida Kahlo rubber stamps I have been using — I bought them in Santa Fe at a small shop near the central square. They are from A Stamp in the Hand Co., in Carson, California. I have also seen them in Bisbee, Ariz., at a small...

Traveling Like a Socialite*

Have you heard the new John Mayer song on radio repeat? me and all my friends we’re all misunderstood they say we stand for nothing and there’s no way we ever could now we see everything that’s going wrong with the world and those who lead it we just...