Reader survey + THE SAUCE
Quick ask -- Have you emailed me and not heard back? A friend let me know a few days ago that he replied to one of these emails and it never showed up in my...
We are the example
#15 Poetry and worthiness
A story (and a recipe) is like a changing body
I've spent the week listening to Sabrina Orah Mark and David Naimon on Between the Covers. The occasion of the talk was Orah Mark's new book Happily (which...
When good enough doesn't feel like enough
Theory vs. practice
The late, late edition
Relearning the epic
What is the sum of sustainability?
Notes on indigenous farming in Arizona
Raging to change the machine + Nurture House
Publishing and parenthood--two systems that sometimes suck
We can buy the flowers ourself + GRID opening in Phx
Here we are again! Time is still thin. My thoughts were more coherent last week. Mentally, I'm in the fluffy center of this white Sonoran wheat pretzel with...
Experiencing a period of thin time
"Heaven and earth, the Celtic saying goes, are only three feet apart, but in thin places that distance is even shorter"
Confessions of a cranky pre-emerging writer
Two reminders are dancing in my head today while life continues to be heartbreaking, exhausting, and beautiful in a kaleidoscopic-way. From Meg Conley:...
Is the facade armor or a cage?
A few days ago, I finished reading Teenager by Bud Smith, with illustrations by Rae Buleri. I had to tell my kids I cried because it was so beautiful. Go...
When I only cooked for myself
Thank you for reading Good Enough! This week's issue unraveled into a longer piece than I could finish today, so below is the brief version. You'll be sure...
Sitting with the unprevented pain
On Sunday, my family and I traveled two hours north to Flagstaff, AZ, to play in the snow for a few days. My youngest daughter (Maeve, 3) burned the middle...
The stories we tell ourselves
This week I read two very different books and caught a thread. The books are the novel Indiana by George Sand (published in 1832) and the craft book Body...
Repeating myself until I remember
It's 7:15 am MST, and the sky is still grey in Tempe. The orange tree in my backyard is starting to drop fruit, which are extra sweet this year. I recently...
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