sustainable systems & storytelling
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? I'm currently house-sitting for a needy dog to whom I'm highly allergic, so good times. The home we're in has a smart TV, so we're making a game of shouting random things in the living room: vegan cheese, Joe Biden's britches,... Continue Reading →
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? Work has been pretty overwhelming. My team lost a member last week, we're in the final push for our department's annual objective, and I've been tasked with tying up loose ends before my departure. I feel like I'm making huge strides... Continue Reading →
I like my job. I like the people I work with. I like the projects I'm assigned. I like the convenience of working from home indefinitely. What I don't like is that I was brought on with the promise of rapid advancement and, nearly three years later, I'm in the same position any barely enough... Continue Reading →
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? The news out of Afghanistan is just heartbreaking. My family has volunteered with a local nonprofit that helps refugees acclimate to their new life for the last decade, I participated in the "Quilts for Kosovo" project in the late 90s, and... Continue Reading →
After six years spent untangling a web of miscellaneous symptoms, my doctor proposed a new theory: I was born with a genetic susceptibility to bio-toxin illness and, in 2015, a fungal respiratory infection release such a toxin, which has been plaguing my body and health ever since. Recurring leaks and water damage in our home... Continue Reading →
I woke up way too early this morning to the sound of booming thunder. It's almost five and I'm still awake. Currently, the kitchen is filled with moths, as if I'm a character exploring great grandma's long-forgotten home or seeking shelter from a serial killer in the middle of a desolate forest. Moths... Why are... Continue Reading →
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? We finally were able to get a mold remediation company out and what we though to be two minor sink pipe leaks turned out to be three separate areas of black mold due to a poorly-installed A/C unit, and several eroded... Continue Reading →
For the last decade, I've developed the habit of setting a theme for the year. While the tangible goals are great, choosing a feeling or theme offers guide rails and room to deviate. For 2021, the word I chose was CLARITY: "I have decided that my intention for 2021 is CLARITY. For several years now,... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I wonder if everyone gets their news and narratives from the same source. Over the last few weeks, I've seen numerous newsletters and articles using the exact same phrasing: the virus is now "killing off the unvaccinated." The context and tone are that of superiority with an unspoken good riddance tacked on the end.... Continue Reading →
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? I attended my aunt's funeral via a YouTube live-stream due to a local breakout of the covid-19 delta variant, and I have such mixed feelings about the experience. It was nice, however, to see visiting family members, though the interactions remained... Continue Reading →
Do you want to know a fun fact about Phoenix? Despite being a desert, we typically experience a few flash floods per year. There are two reasons for that. Firstly, the terrain is flat and the ground dense clay, which is not particularly porous. Secondly, the monsoon storms often entail Seattle-like days of drizzling interspersed... Continue Reading →
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? Over the last week: enjoyed plenty of rain (and nickle-sized hail), I saved a 3-week old white-winged dove with my partner (shutout to Liberty Wildlife Rescue!), sewed up the cutest little romper for my niece, almost perfected my pho recipe (Vietnamese... Continue Reading →
My good friend has an 8-month old daughter and I have been meaning to make her a little outfit. This last weekend, it finally happened! I sewed up the Ruffled Romper pattern from OhMeOhMySewing on Etsy. It was such a fun project, through it took far more time and thread than I had anticipated! There... Continue Reading →
Hello, friend! What have you been up to this week? How are you doing? It has been raining in Phoenix, which we have needed desperately following a record-dry year. Having been born and raised here, I can confidently saw that the only two things I don't hate about the Valley of the Sun are the... Continue Reading →
In Phoenix, for at least the last 30 years, any chance of rain under 75% has meant almost no chance of rain. Sometimes the rain comes, and the drizzle with sizzle and dissipate the moment it hits the group. On other rare days, like today, the heaven open up and drown the desert in life-giving... Continue Reading →
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