Well, it’s here. 2021. It doesn’t feel much different. I’m currently sitting in a hotel room, masks are required in the lobbies, and the amenities are limited. Yet, something about this new year is especially hopeful – a longing for drastic change, for normalcy, for spark and innovation. I hope these will help inspire you …
Category Archives: People
Cool Cats : Paige Heard
It’s hard to believe that there was once no space for the very thing that makes me full. It didn’t exist between Greek Goddesses, they only had vices. The 11th century exemplars were David and Jonathan, and Shakespeare had the audacity to show females as friends- but only as a social critique on Elizabethan England, …
7 Ways to Make Someone’s Day
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” -Jane Goodall When you intentionally go out of your way to make someone’s day, chances are it will make your …
Cool Cats : Spencer Hunt
A 5 year old dreams. At 5 I aspired to be the oversized-sweater, big-smile-at-the-lake, 1999 version of Britney Spears. You dreamt of being an artisan apple dumpling maker and a firefighting paleontologist. 5 year olds are blind socialites, figuring out people and testing boundaries. They have wild visions of jungles and pirate ships. They have …
Almond and her friend Dee Dee Doodle
A real ode to friendship and a spin on the storybook Dee Dee Doodle and her friend Almond My stomach flipped as I dropped, free-falling on the elevator and bracing for the crash. Panic took over. My breaths became short, my mind darted between deadlines, disappointment, chalkboards, self worth- There’s a friend that creeps under my covers …