I have a running list of topics that I’d like to eventually write about here. Earlier this year, I was inspired by something one of my favorite Peloton Tread instructors, Marcel Dinkins, said during a class, so I jotted it down. She said that resting in between sets of hard work (like sprints…
At Halloweentime, I shared the horror movies I watched and planned to watch. Now, it’s time for a Christmassy roundup! I don’t go as hard on Christmas movies as I do on horror movies, but thanks to lots of cold, rainy days, I have been making pretty good progress this year….
As Richie and I have been navigating his vision loss, many friends and family members have asked about what kind of changes we’ve experienced. I wrote about a few of them in my 2021 recap, but I thought of another one this morning and thought I’d share. I go grocery shopping on Tuesday…
For those of you who are my neighbors, you probably know that an 11 year-old girl was killed when an out of control truck struck her while she was dancing in the Raleigh Christmas parade on November 19. It was a tragedy that absolutely could have been avoided. A friend of…
Before the pandemic started, I embarked on a creative endeavor that I called “Enrichment.” According to the section dedicated to it on my website, “Enrichment is a project that seeks to introduce curious Bull City adults to new and exciting things–and each other–through hands-on classes. Topics range from the wacky…
Every Friday at work, we have an all-team meeting, or “huddle.” These huddles always end with shout-outs, which is a wonderful way to publicly recognize, praise, and/or thank our colleagues. (This has always been really important to me—when I was at Counter Tools, I implemented a peer-to-peer recognition program called Daps.) Last…
Last September, I took a day trip to Topsail Beach, NC. A friend of mine had come down from Philly and rented a house right on the beach for the week and I took a Friday off to hang out and catch some rays and waves. It was a glorious…
Halloween is 10 DAYS AWAY! Every October, Richie and I commit to watching as many scary movies as possible. We still have a lot of time, but I figured I’d share what we’ve watched so far in case you need some inspiration. As you’ll see, we use the term “scary movies”…
I really enjoy painting by numbers. It seems silly for someone with a decent amount of artistic ability (if I do say so myself), but I like them because they require me to make few to no decisions. First of all, they tell you what to paint. When you buy…
Years ago—maybe in 2015 or so—I realized that I had lost my birth certificate and social security card. Thinking back, I am confident that I lost them during one of my many moves in and around Philadelphia in 2009 or 2010. Of all the things I’ve lost in my life, those…
