2024 Check In- How are those goals doing?!

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***I’m ALMOST back from my July break, and as I came on here to start brainstorming about what I might write about in August… I realized I never published this post I meant to put up the end of June. I have not looked back or edited it since I wrote it mid-June so please read accordingly and I’ll have new content soon!****

I wrote a bit about my goals update when we were 1/4 of the way through the year… and while we have a few weeks to go until we reach the halfway point of 2024, this seemed like a good week to revisit the goals I want to keep moving forward with and how other goals may need to pivot or be approached in a new way. Continue reading →

Sharing Knowledge: Seasons of SLOW are NECESSARY

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One of my favorite (and hardest) lessons I’ve learned (over and over again) the past decade is that we can’t be full speed ahead all the time, that life is made for seasons and some of those seasons are seasons of slowing down. While some people feel this pull toward slowing down in the winter, here in Phoenix I’ve always felt a pull toward a bit of a reverse hibernation- when the highs of 115 call me toward a rhythm of siestas and slowing down to enjoy that ice cream cone before it melts. I am working so hard to pass that knowledge on to friends, to my kids, to whoever will listen really. Continue reading →

Nostalgia: Reliving Childhood with my Kids

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One of my favorite things about becoming a parent is that I have a built in reason to indulge in some good old fashioned nostalgia. There are milestones I’ve been dreaming about since getting pregnant that revolve around sharing some of my favorite things with my kids. I’ve hit some of those and I’m still waiting on others, but it is such a cool experience to revisit some of my favorite childhood memories again but this time through a different lens. Continue reading →

Still a Storyteller: Thoughts on Returning to the Stage after a Long Break…

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I opened a show this past Friday! If you are in the Phoenix area, it runs one more weekend and you can get tickets to see it HERE. It has been almost 2 years since the last time I was onstage. And while I directed a non-Shakespeare show in 2019, I think the last time I ACTED in a non-Shakespeare play was before I became a mom (when I was pregnant with my first)! So QUITE a long time. It has been so exciting to be part of the process of bringing a new play to life and to work with so many wonderful people again, but it has also been a bit of a roller coaster! Continue reading →

What I’ve Learned from One Year of Trail Races

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I just hit my 1 year race-iversary with Aravaipa- the big trail racing name here in Arizona (and honestly fairly notable on a national level.) It was really fun to think about what I’ve experienced in the past year and what I might want to experience before this race rolls around again next year. Continue reading →

My Kaleidoscope Obsession: How Did I Get Here?!

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I mentioned in my first post of the year that I have grown a bit obsessed with Kaleidoscopes. Aside from loving owning one and using it to help calm my anxiety, I have fallen in love with the theory and artistry and history around them. I have all sorts of thoughts swirling in my head about them and I am wondering if there might be a play waiting to be chipped away in all those thoughts. That’s something I may explore this summer, but in the meantime I wanted to share a little more background about how this obsession began.

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My Favorite Books I Read in 2023

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I love always learning more. The knowledge I gain from both fiction and nonfiction selections is a core piece of me. And while one of my goals last year was to read LESS that was in service of absorbing more and also of using reading for the pleasure and tool I want it to be instead of the escapism it had become my last pregnancy and the subsequent pandemic… still, I managed to read almost 75 books last year and These are my top 10 (and a few honorable mentions) in no particular order Continue reading →