Happy New Year all! I hope you had a cozy winter break. Ours was good. I definitely felt sad at points – we ended up not going on our camping trip (which […]
Happy 2021
Bloom Where You’re Planted
Tonight I took my last creative nonfiction class through the Indiana Writers Center (through Zoom, of course). It was a wonderful, warm group. We shared our vulnerability and sadness through our stories. […]
It’s the Most Wonderful Time…of the Year (???)
Hello friends. Happy Sunday. Five days left before Christmas, and eleven more days in this garbage year. But at least we’ve approved a second vaccine in the US! I feel like the […]
An Update from the Grinch
Less than a month left in this terrible year and two weeks until Christmas. Two weeks?! I already want to fast-forward during the holidays when it’s a normal year. I suppose the […]
Yoga For When You Can Barely Stand Up Straight
On Monday, I pulled my back. You’d think that as someone who’s had back problems since I was a teenager, I’d have figured out how to protect my lower back by my […]
How It’s Been
Good morning friends! I hope you are keeping safe. The last two weeks have been, um, “interesting” here in the US. Election Night, November 3 – No matter how many times we […]
Halloween 2020
Happy belated Halloween! I hope you all had a cozy, spooky day. Thankfully the weather was warmer here than last Halloween, when we had snow flurries. We have been having sunshine after […]
Small Adventures
I’ve been feeling hopeful lately. Maybe it’s because I finally broke down and started reading FiveThirtyEight again after swearing off polls forever in 2016. Maybe it’s the warmth and coziness of the […]
Three Things – Self Care Edition
It’s a sad and scary time right now in the States. I voted last week and it was a respectful experience. Just a short line, everyone wore masks. I cast my ballot […]
Camping in Hoosier National Forest
Since the start of the pandemic, I’ve been fighting a lot of restlessness. One of my goals for the year was focusing more on travel before the next phase of my life. […]
Jennifer Stark 