January Favorites

Question: What kind of shoes does a pedophile wear? Punchline: White Vans.   With the first month of the new year already halfway over, I thought I’d take a second to appreciate some of my favorite creature comforts and tiny luxuries that I have discovered in 2018 or have held onto since 2017. These are

My Most Complete Love

Question: What do you call a cow with no legs? Punchline: Ground beef   I was brainstorming on what my first post of 2018 should be and suddenly the answer was annoyingly clear: the thing that drove me to start this blog in the first place… writing. The truest love I have ever known. My

Coping

He stepped forward into the nothing. I think I screamed but now all I can remember is that sudden sound of the emptiness. It seemed like the place that he was just standing in was quivering in his wake, ripping apart as time seemed to jump. How was it true? How did we get to

Tattoos and Body Image

Question: What kind of bagel can fly? Punchline: A plain bagel. As is with most people I have had an up and down relationship with body image over the years. There have been days where I loved how I look and days where I didn’t want to step outside. A few years ago I finally

Living in Gratitude

Question: How much room is needed for fungi to grow? Punchline: As mushroom as possible.   In June I was working in a cubicle at an engineering company and felt endlessly unsatisfied. No matter how much I put in the hours at the gym before work, no matter what I bought with my paycheck or

Bad Days

Question: What’s the difference between a dirty bus stop and a well-endowed lobster? Punchline: One is a crusty bus station and the other is a busty crustacean.   Less than perfect days or just plain old no good, very bad days. They happen to even the most “glass half full” of us, no matter how hard

Travel Tips

Question: Why did the rancher give the pony a glass of water? Punchline: Because he was a little horse. I am blessed to be able to say that my family does a decent amount of traveling. Throughout all these experiences I have streamlined a couple of pieces of advice that I follow myself in order

A Brightly Lit Stage

Question: How does a train eat? Punchline: It goes chew chew.     A blue mustang with the top down parked in a driveway lined with flowers. A cold glass of lemonade dripping onto the asphalt. The glistening blue water filling the pool. A white French door opens from the kitchen a woman in a

The Grand Budapest Hotel: a Grand and Great Film

Most every scene in this film could be paused, screenshotted, printed and hung up and your friends would question where you found such beautiful artwork. Wes Anderson’s creative style is best showcased in this film’s explosion of color, comedy and surprising action.  The settings (especially the hotel) make you feel like you’re truly in a

KaaBoo: The Jewel of Del Mar

If you haven’t been to San Diego’s newest music festival but have ever desired to see Logic, Muse and P!nk in the same day – this is the festival for you. Having gone to this festival for the second time of its three-year existence, I can truly say it is only getting bigger and better.