Lessons from 6 weeks in a cast
I broke a bone for the very first time on July 27, 2023. The tale of how I was betrayed by gravity and gifted a distal radius fracture is pretty silly, all things considered.
Personal Log
Writing about my every day life.
I finally wrote more than a single expletive-laden sentence about how I'm doing. Here we go!
I’ve been trying to sit down and write a little something here every single day since the first week of February, when I went on medical leave. It’s taken me half a year to finally, finally squeeze something out about how I'm doing, personally.
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.
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.
Searching for a Kintsugi magician
I'm lighting the bat...err... tea signal! I am looking for a kintsugi ceramic artist to cure a sick teapot.
TikTok Experiment Notes
My (loosely defined) goals on the TikTok app are to share videos of tea, accompanied by the occasional plant or book video, but only for as long as it’s fun for me.
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.
On how #NaPoWriMo2022 went, and some other small life updates
I am happy to announce that I still managed to write 14 solid drafts, 1 silly couplet, and 2 very messy prose-adjacent … things… which is really not bad, all things considered!
A chronic health problem is a completely awful full time job
No one explained to me how endometriosis works, its possible causes, its challenges, the treatment options (not in detail, anyway!), nor how the condition evolves over the long term. And reparations? HA!
Those sweet, sweet polar winds
My reading this winter, especially on politics and history, has been oddly prophetic in the worst way.