As the world sped up and I simply tried to keep up with it all, I almost forgot how to keep up here with regular check ins about the simple pleasures in life. Silly me. And so, this is me, dipping my toes back into the currents with a brand new mid-month check in after…
As someone who loves to document as much as possible about life, I was very intrigued to come across Carolyn Yoo’s recent Substack about her Techo Kaigi, “notebook meeting”. Maybe it’s the writer or the family historian in me, but the idea of sitting with each journal, planner, and notebook currently in use and really…
Late last year I was invited to be a guest on The Rewind Podcast with Kriti and Sara, two Millenial friends from Instagram who wanted to chat with this Gen-Xer. I accepted, we recorded, and it is now live! If you are curious about who I am as a human, farmer, family historian, creative journaler,…
A few nights ago I had a dream about pieces of blue construction paper floating down from the sky. I watched them slowly drift down from a grey sky through the slightest breeze and land in a small pile on the soil at my feet. As is sometimes the pure magic of the dreamscape, none…
This post was originally published to my old family history blog, boldandqueer(dot)com. Since no longer publishing on that site, I have moved a handful of popular posts to this space and dated them as their original publish date. Please visit my Bold+Queer Family History category for all family history and genetic genealogy specific posts. I…
