inspiration

Charlie Brown tells us happiness is a warm blanket. So what's independence? I have some ideas. Independence is a thing to celebrate. Independence is full of risks. Independence is not giving a shit what anyone else thinks. Independence is…

I have two things to tell you about editing, and the first one I learned from my rose bushes. They are rambling fairy roses and although I love my garden something crazy, I don’t love these roses (we inherited them with the house—of which this is not…

Apparently the sun is dying. It will run out of fuel, explode into a ball of fire and consume the earth. And that will be that. In five billion years. Now, I admit, this is not a great scenario. But I wouldn’t say I’m too worried (mostly…

At least a third of my little chats with my almost-five-year-old son are re-living his greatest moments. I call them the “Best Of Max” conversations. “Mommy, remember when I ate five pieces of pizza that night? Remember when I first climbed that…

My soul is in stories. But the way I cope and process is much closer to bullet points. So recently, I asked a therapist I see from time to time to give me five of them. A “Judi’s top five” for dealing with the not-great stuff currently in my…