Today I’m linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy for her annual mid-winter post on the things that are “saving us” (hyperbolically) this winter. Before I get into it, though, I wanted to give all of you an update on my family’s COVID situation. My husband and two kids have completely recovered. My second concert with […]
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Covid Week
Our family’s week with Covid (well, three of us so far)
The Language of Bread
A few years ago, my school’s faculty read Carol Dweck’s Mindset, then took a quiz in one of our faculty meetings to determine how growth-minded we were. A growth mindset is favorable because it means you believe yourself capable of learning from mistakes and making positive change. In contrast, a fixed mindset means that you […]
5 Things That Are Saving My Life Right Now
Last week, Modern Mrs. Darcy challenged her readers to list what’s saving their lives right now. “This practice calls me to pay attention to what I’m dwelling on, and to intentionally look for the good,” she wrote in her call-to-action post. When we focus on what’s saving us instead of what’s dragging us down, we’re […]
22 Years Cancer-Free!
Today marks the twenty-second anniversary of the day my radiologist called and told my parents, “We got it all.” I wasn’t home at the time, and this pre-dated cell phones, so the way my parents chose to tell me the news was by banging pots and pans as I drove up the driveway. I got […]
This Is Not A Blog About Baking…
…But sometimes it’s fun to share parts of my life that are not about writing, productivity, or general life perspective. This past Saturday, I made this: The recipe is from the Zingerman’s Bakery cookbook, humorously called the “Hunka Burnin’ Love” cake. It looks rather unadorned (I’m a good baker, but decorating is definitely not in […]