My first pair of pointe shoes (at 32 yrs!)
In January, I took advantage of a wonderfully snowy afternoon to climb Saint-Hubert and try on some pointe shoes for the very first time.
ballet
Let's manifest together a marginally less noxious year, shall we?
I have a handful of New Year's resolutions for 2023 to share. As usual, these are "soft resolutions": drink tea every day, read 14 books, write every day, and at least an hour of ballet a week.
It's been a year since I (re)started ballet at 30
It's been a year since I started ballet at age 30 with little more than a handful of bad habits embedded into muscle memory. Here's what a year of ballet has taught me.
Those sweet, sweet polar winds
My reading this winter, especially on politics and history, has been oddly prophetic in the worst way.