I met Brooke briefly a few months ago when my mom and I stopped in on a quiet, rainy November afternoon, curious about what had taken over the space that once housed a dingy brewery—and before that, a long-standing Chinese restaurant, and even earlier, a steakhouse. Long before any of that, though, the building was a…
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January 27, 2026
The Distance Between Then and Now Is Thinner Than We Think, To Remember Is to Resist, 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz. .
In 1993, my dad took me to see Schindler’s List . I was sixteen and hadn’t given the Holocaust much thought before that day. He had me drive us to the theater in Silverdale, and I got to skip school. It felt ordinary at the time—just a weekday afternoon with my dad. He worked most weekends, so his days off landed qui…
Last week, I shared a blog post about wanting to intentionally focus on self-care and mental health—small, meaningful ways to find a little peace during a time that feels heavy, uncertain, and loud. That post was never meant to offer solutions, but rather permission: permission to slow down, to protect our hearts, an…
Today, for Meet Me Monday , I want to write about Edgar Allan Poe not as a myth, a mood, or a caricature of darkness—but as a man whose life and work were shaped almost entirely by love and loss. As a writer, I feel deeply connected to that truth. Poe didn’t imagine pain from a safe distance. He lived it. He carried …
For the January article, I had the absolute joy of meeting and interviewing Lee and Joanne, and to say it was a delight would truly be an understatement. The kind of people they are becomes clear within minutes—these are the women you meet once and somehow feel like you’ve known forever. Friendship comes easily here.…
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