Wintering

Good Sunday morning. We got 8 inches of snow at our house yesterday. It’s rare that we get snow in Seattle so it’s such a treat when it does happen. The last time we had a big snowfall was almost exactly two years ago. It just started snowing again this morning, candles are flickering throughout the house, my son is still sleeping, and everything feels quiet. The rain will return later this evening so we will savor it while we can…

A few weeks ago I listened to Katherine May’s wonderful On Being conversation on ‘Wintering.’ I loved it so much I listened to the unedited version as soon as I finished the first. From Krista:

“In so many stories and fables that shape us, cold and snow, the closing in of the light — these have deep psychological as much as physical reality. They draw us, even force us, to do what Katherine May calls deeply unfashionable things: slowing down, resting, retreating. This is “wintering,” as she illuminates it in her book of that title — wintering as at once a season of the natural world, a respite our bodies require, and a state of mind. A cyclical, recurrent weather pattern, if you will, in any life. It’s one way to describe our pandemic year: as one big extended communal experience of wintering. Some of us are laboring harder than ever on its front lines and also on its home front of parenting. I don’t know a single person right now who isn’t exhausted, almost as a state of being. It feels like Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear, but haven’t known how to name.”

Katherine’s book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times is just as delightful as her talk with Krista.

“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Wintering is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximizing scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.

“It’s a time for reflection and recuperation, for slow replenishment, for putting your house in order. Doing these deeply unfashionable things — slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting — is a radical act now, but it’s essential. ”

February 11

Listening to birdsong is one of the most delightful and calming things I can think of. Until their joyful chatter returns to my yard in abundance, I am happy to have discovered tree fm which is kind of magic. It is especially lovely to listen to while soaking in the tub…

Speaking of birds ornithologist Drew Lanham’s words in his recent On Being conversation really resonated with me:

“In that moment of that little brown bird that’s always so inquisitive, that sings reliably — in that moment that I’m thinking about that wren, I’m not thinking about anything else. That’s joy. And so sometimes I think we have to recognize the joy that the world didn’t give us and that the world can’t take away, in the midst of the world taking away what it can.”

I added his book The Home Place to my reading list. Listen to him read a short excerpt here:

I read Sally Rooney’s wonderful book Normal People cover to cover one Saturday a few weeks ago and am still thinking about it. There is also a 12 part series on Hulu which was exquisitely done…

I am a consummate list-maker of all things and these free downloads from Appointed make me happy…

I have been back in the studio teaching which also means I’ve been getting to play and work on my own Pilates practice which is one of the most joyful things I get to do…

This gorgeous painting below is not a two-dimensional scene but a real person painted by the artist Alexa Meade. It’s worth listening to her short TED talk if you need motivation to step off your current path but feel too invested to make a change. She graduated with a political science degree and a dream to work in government only to be moved by a curiosity that compelled her to return home to her parents’ basement where she taught herself how to paint by painting the shadows on the ground, on her face, on her food…

Along similar lines, Seth Godin’s recent blog post struck a chord especially after living and working through this year of the “pivot.”

“Is ‘nimble’ a good thing? Should we seek to be flexible, resilient and quick to be able to shift and adapt?

Because often, it seems as though we work to create an environment where it’s difficult indeed to be nimble. We buy expensive assets, lock into long-term systems and fail to ignore sunk costs. We set foundations in concrete instead of using a lightweight tent…”

It’s hard to choose a favorite time of year in my garden, but when new green shoots start to emerge from the dirt it always feels like a miracle and I’m surprised every time it happens. These chives are making a go of it…

And the quote I’m taking to heart these days…

“You don’t always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that’s enough.”

— Alice Walker

Reflection

Happy New Year. This has been a welcome week of reflection - I spent the last evening of the year writing down my favorite memories from 2020 and thinking about my personal goals as I look ahead. As challenging a year this has been my gratefulness for just being alive is endless. To all those in my community that help make my life what it is, thank you for your love, support, humor, and kindness.

Looking back on my 2020…

January 25 - My brother C got married to my epically awesome now-sister-in-law B…

Sandwiched between my two brothers

February 1 - Painting with lime wash in our nearly finished backyard studio…

February 19 - Ready to occupy…

March 9 - Two days before I had to close my studio, I took a walk with my client/dearest friend R. I didn’t know this would be the last time I would see her for the year. It makes me smile just thinking of when we will be together again…

March 30 - At home filming a Pilates video…

May 9 - Sunset at home with my boy - 8:46pm…

June 8 - My second day back at the studio since March…

August 10 - The Bon Appetit smash burger of our summer…

August 14 - One of many by-appointment trips to the nursery…

August 20 - Our first family backpacking trip…

September 9 - Remote school…

October 10 - We finished our backyard!

November 26 - Thanksgiving. Beef tenderloin, my favorite swiss chard gratin, the best mashed potatoes, green beans and greens with fried shallots and Lambrusco…

December 17 - Endless cookie making and cookie deliveries…

Eggnog snickerdoodles (everyones’s new favorite), triple ginger from Tartine All Day, oatmeal creme pies from Bravetart, pistachio, lime + matcha snowballs from my GF baking bible Alternative Baker. Also from Alanna, hazelnut biscotti. Bakery boxes from here…

December 23 - Sunrise 7:51am…

December 27 - Solace with epsom salts and Rachel Naomi Remen’s excellent book Kitchen Table Wisdom…

With love and light as we move forward.

December 11

Hello December once again. The sun rose this morning at 7:48 and the sun will set very soon at 4:19. One of my favorite moments of the day is when I wake up around 6:30, take a shower, and then turn on the Christmas tree lights and sit quietly reading in this spot before the rest of my family gets up…

My favorite ornament is this stick of butter (that was on my wishlist last year) that my bestie gave me just this fall in anticipation of the coming season…

As per usual, the “Vince Guaraldi Trio Holiday” station plays nearly every waking hour. This weekend I am making orange and clove pomanders for the first time…

Photo via Gardenista

I still need to figure out what holiday cookies I’d like to bake this year but these brown butter and pistachio sablés from Bon Appetit are on the short list…

We repainted our dining room dark last week (Benjamin Moore City Shadow) and I am smitten with how it turned out…

I’ve been lighting candles nonstop, mostly ivory pillars in simple glass hurricanes. I needed a few more and have been using these Weck jars which are inexpensive and still look lovely…

We just finished this really fun Lego Minifigure puzzle…

I’ve been eating a lot of Ramen lately and this Jade Pearl one is delicious. I cook it for 4 minutes, drain off most of the water, add the seasoning and doctor it up with toasted sesame oil and my favorite kimchi hot sauce. If I have leftover steamed broccoli in the fridge, I’ll throw that in too for a really satisfying lunch (or breakfast)…

Speaking of broccoli, I just harvested the first ever head of broccoli from my garden last week. I can’t wait to plant more in the spring…

Today marks the 24th day of my daily Pilates practice. It has been transformative. I have never had a daily practice in all my years doing Pilates and it feels different in the way that I am approaching it. I am paying deep attention to what my body needs on any given day. There is no judgment, just curiosity and I am enjoying the journey…

Way back in high school (in the analog 1990s) one of my favorite things was getting a brand new planner for the new year. I will forever be a paper and pen kind of person and looking forward to a new planner never gets old. This Moleskine one is my favorite…

1% Better Each Day

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough, and more.

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.

It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

- Melody Beattie

With the latest business restrictions I had to close my studio again last week. Last spring during lockdown I created Pilates Everyday to post videos for my clients. But once I was able to reopen again in June, my plate felt full and I stopped posting. And my own Pilates practice became neglected.

This time around I decided to use this extra time afforded to me to reinvigorate a daily practice and have been doing at least a basic Pilates mat workout every day and live streaming for anyone who wants to join in. I am not doing any instruction or have any set routine planned – I’m just committed to moving every day and will see where the workout takes me…

At one week in, it’s noticeable how much better and stronger I feel and I’m enjoying myself immensely. It feels good to embody what I’m constantly espousing - that small efforts done repetitively every day lead to big change. When done intentionally, even a 7 minute workout is effective as proven in my workout on day three…

If you'd like to work on your own daily Pilates practice but don't know where to begin, start here: 

I am not at all surprised at the benefits I’m noticing already from having a daily personal practice. But what I didn’t expect is what posting my workout LIVE would deliver: the incredible feeling of being truly accountable to myself. I am accountable to many others - my son, my husband, my friends, my clients…but I can’t recall a time when I showed up only for myself, every single day…

I will leave you with the inspiring Chris Nikic who exemplifies what can happen when you focus on making small improvements and striving to get 1% better each day…

Zack Wittman for The New York Times

“To Chris, this race was more than just a finish line and celebration of victory,” his dad told the BBC. “Ironman has served as his platform to become one step closer to his goal of living a life of inclusion, normalcy, and leadership.”

May we all be inspired by Chris and continue to do the work and strive to be our best selves.

All Hallows' Eve

It is a gorgeous cool and bright Halloween here in Seattle, perfect weather for trick-or-treating in any other year. Tonight we are just hanging at home, hiding Twix, Reese’s cups, and Sour Patch Kids in the backyard for my son and sitting by the fire.

I made chocolate cake this morning in my skull cake mold…

I’m really in the baking groove and might make this Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake from Bon Appetit tomorrow…

Photo by Laura Murray via Bon Appetit

Tomorrow with the daylight savings change, the sun will set at 4:51pm. My plan to usher in the darkness is to sit by the fire and finish Case Histories, the first book in Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series. It’s so good…

I spotted this Everlane oxblood sweatshirt today which is going on my wishlist…

Also these Trader Joe’s freezer to oven croissants are a wonder and I’ve been making them for my son in the mornings. You don’t have to proof them overnight (you don’t even have to preheat the oven!) and they’re ready in 28 minutes…

It’s going to be a wild week with the election. Remember to breathe and abstain from doomscrolling. And if you can, find ways to laugh. My favorites this weekend were found on McSweeney’s…

A few favorites: In This House We Believe, Captions From My Parents’ Museum of Conceptual Art, and Horror Movies for Toddlers.

Or you could just go all in and watch Dave Chappelle’s latest on Netflix…

Also, On Being continues to be a bright light in my life. I never listen to an episode while I am doing something else (besides driving which isn’t as much these days). So if I’m at home, I put headphones on and sit quietly so I can take it all in.

Her lead in to the most recent episode…

“This is always a starting point for meaningful change inside ourselves and our families and communities: We pull up stories we’ve been raised on in the light of what we know now. We see what was not being said, hear the questions we scarcely allowed ourselves even to think. We recover lost chapters. My colleague in radio and podcast, John Biewen, has been doing this with the interwoven questions of what it means to be human and what it means to be white. In a series called “Seeing White,” to which many people have turned in 2020, I think John has modeled something. As a documentary investigative journalist who’d covered race with the best of intentions and rigor, he realized he’d been turning to others — people of color — to be searching about racial rupture and healing. He then turned the lens back on himself.

So that’s the conversation ahead between me and John Biewen. It starts simply — tracing the racial story of our time through the story of a single life. It’s an exercise each of us can do, beginning with a curious eye on our childhoods and hometowns. And if we do this searchingly, it becomes a step towards a more whole and humane world, starting with ourselves.”

And later on this…

Tippett: Do you know Ruby Sales? She’s a civil rights elder, theologian; wonderful, one of the elders who’s with us. And she said to me in 2016, “There’s a spiritual crisis in white America”; that it was a crisis in white America. And she said, “There’s nothing wrong with being European American. That’s not the problem. It’s how you actualize that history and how you actualize that reality.” And she said, “It’s almost like white people don’t believe that other white people are worthy of being redeemed.” She was looking at our electoral — because this has real world political consequences, especially in our current political crisis. I also think of James Baldwin writing that “white people in this country will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other. And when they have achieved this, which will not be tomorrow” — this was in The Fire Next Time — “and may very well be never, the Negro problem will no longer exist, for it will no longer be needed.”

Biewen: Wow.

Tippett: It actually is a truth of life, if you can’t love yourself, you can’t love anyone else. And if white people can’t figure out how to care about each other’s well-being — that that’s part of this reckoning, as well.

Listen to the whole conversation here.

October 29

The temp has dropped here in Seattle and now it really feels like fall. I am learning how to build a proper fire and chop wood. The wood chopping needs some work but it is super satisfying. I snapped this shot on my way out yesterday…

You can’t see them well in the photo above but my super cool Vans are these from Hedley & Bennett…

We have this beautifully simple, made-in-Seattle Filson log carrier to haul all that freshly chopped wood…

Over these last several months at home, I lost the desire to drink alcohol. I didn’t make any big decision, it just happened. And when I thought about it further it became clear that my desire for a cocktail to mark the evening or enjoying a beer after working all day in the yard was about the ritual or celebration and not the alcohol itself. However, most non-alcoholic beverages seem to lack that special something that a proper drink has when it comes to marking an occasion.

With perfect timing, Julia Bainbridge’s excellent book Good Drinks came out last month…

She writes in the introduction: “It can be difficult to snap a backbone onto a mixed drink without wine or spirits. Alcohol provides structure and complexity, and it’s often pleasantly bitter and bracing. Remove it from a cocktail, and you’re left with sugar, acid, and some cold water…Until recently, nonalcoholic mixed drinks have been treated as afterthoughts. A higher level of effort and care anoints them as proper drinks. Good Drinks.”

She also wrote Pleasantly Bitter and Thoroughly Grown-Up, No Alcohol Needed for the NYT this summer. Mentioned in the article is For Bitter For Worse out of Portland. My favorite evening cocktail fireside these days is this negroni style deliciousness…

4 oz The Saskatoon

1 oz simple syrup (or juniper syrup)

1/2oz - 1oz lemon juice

Shake over ice in a shaker, and as the bottle states “serve over ice with style and intention.” (I like a big ice cube like this.)

Another one to add to your bar cart are the SOM vinegar cordials created by Andy Ricker of Pok Pok fame…

“You get something sweet, tart, in some cases savory, and in some cases tannic, all in one pour,” says Ricker. “You don’t have to make a simple syrup or add a botanical to it or muddle anything.”  SOM and soda make a fantastic savor-worthy beverage…

A few other things bringing me joy these days…

YNAB! You Need a Budget. I wrote about YNAB here four years ago and have mentioned it a few times since. I am an unabashed YNAB pusher and think everyone should use this amazing life-changing tool…

We are going through a lot of soap these days and this everyone foaming hand soap is our favorite for the bathroom…

I like this liquid version in the kitchen. Their lemon coconut hand sanitizer and wipes are great as well…

The Dream Pant from Everlane is really good. Soft, midweight fabric and an excellent cut makes for great loungewear that is really pulled together and smart looking…

Over the summer we made a lot of pizza. We’ve had a little Ooni pizza oven for the last few years but only really pulled it out one or two times a year which was a shame. It is so easy to use and we really put it to work this summer. Even with the cooling temps we plan to keep her firing all through the fall and winter.

We have an older model but this Ooni Koda is comparable…

And Joe Beddia’s Pizza Camp is my pizza bible. The perfect dough, sauce, and technique are all found here. In fact the technique he teaches uses a standard home oven so if you don’t have a pizza oven definitely don’t let let that stop you. We use both the Ooni and our kitchen oven with excellent results.

One of the many restaurants to close in our city due to the pandemic is the acclaimed Tilth. I thought chef Maria Hines’ words in The Seattle Times were beautiful…

But Hines also holds hope for the future. Of “the heart and soul” of an enterprise like Tilth, she says, “My love and my creativity and my desire to share happiness with the world through my craft - all of that still is there. It’s just that the vessel is going to change. Whatever form that takes, you can’t take that away.”

Seattle fans who’d like a last taste of Hines’ shared happiness in its current incarnation can still try for takeout or day-of patio reservations, weather permitting, through Oct. 30. Then Tilth goes dark. But Hines calls the restaurant’s last days a celebration. She continues, “There’s this sense that it’s ending - that there’s a finality to it… we really need to look towards the light, and think about all that light we still have in us. Don’t let the temporary darkness block that out.”

Ken Lambert - The Seattle Times

And I’ve been thinking about this quote…

“Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers who can remember freedom—poets, visionaries—realists of a larger reality.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Here We Are

Hello there. It has been a while.

Like many others, I have spent the last several months contemplating all the things, and thinking about the shape of my life. My home and family life, my work. Asking the question, is this how I want my life to look? And if not, how can I reimagine it so it does? I love this Daily Stoic from a few month’s back on how much of what we do and say is not essential.

“There has never been a better time to go through your life and ask yourself about all the things you do and say and think, “Is this necessary?” “Is this essential?” “Why am I doing this?” “What would happen if I changed?””

— Ryan Holiday

It’s been a wonderful exercise and it is amazing how asking those questions regularly really brings our priorities into high relief. I’ve also found the central Stoic tenet that the only thing we have control over in our lives is the way we respond to be deeply grounding and liberating, and I would argue, vital in times like these.

In addition to all this reflection, I have been using this time to get as creatively inspired and recharged as possible. I spent most of the summer working in the backyard with my husband. Pouring over all of my Piet Oudolf books and trying to follow his example. It has been a true labor of love transforming the slope between our house and the studio, which for the last decade has been overrun by weeds and blackberries…

I’m so proud of how it turned out and can’t wait to see how it looks next year when it fills in and looks more Oudolf Field-like…

Now that the yard project is done I’m largely filling my time reading, including Ryan Holiday’s newest…

Even more enjoyable than reading for myself right now is reading aloud to my son. We just finished the The Golden Compass, the first book of Philip Pullman’s triology His Dark Materials. I don’t know who is more excited each night to read together, him or me. He is a stellar reader on his own, but there is something kind of magical about being read to (and something magical in being the reader as well).

To go with all this reading, I am so grateful for my Caddis Readers which make a huge difference. They are also blue-light blockers which is something to consider since many of us are sitting in front of computer screens more than ever these days…

I’m learning how to draw using this fantastic workbook…

I’ve also noticed that I’ve been gravitating toward things that I find deeply moving and poignant. Things that remind me how beautiful it is to be alive, and be human. I’ve been listening to a lot of Max Richter. I’d really like to watch the film on his 8.5 hour work Sleep…

We finally watched Jojo Rabbit. It has been a long time since I was so touched my a movie. If you watch on HBO, make sure to watch the short “making of“ clip following the film and listen to director Taika Waititi talk about creating the film through the eyes of a ten year old boy…

The Rainer Maria Rilke line at the end of the film from his poem Go to the Limits of Your Longing was spot on.

“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.”

We also recently re-watched Arrival which is my favorite film. The trailer in no way indicates just how beautiful and thought provoking it is.

I will part with the delightful Frog and Toad (thank you R for sending this to me months ago!)…

Frog and Toad Tentatively Go Outside After Months in Self-Quarantine

Learning Comes from Doing

As most of us are now weeks into being locked down at home, I’ve been thinking a lot about learning and doing. In her On Being conversation, the poet Marie Howe said - “When you’re very sad, the only thing to do is to go learn something.”

I think learning something is especially important not just in sadness, but during times of uncertainty and upheaval.

The photo above was taken the month before the current stay at home order. Our backyard studio (i.e. my husband’s new workspace) was nearing completion. We had no idea then that this would soon be shared creative space!

As work has now stopped for both of us, we are collectively planning and strategizing about moving forward. We are finding “strength in the places we’d never thought to develop, spaces we didn’t know we’d occupy, room to reach beyond ourselves,” and are focusing our energy into learning how to do new things.

My husband is learning how to use his shiny new power tools by building things. He built shop tables for the studio…

And this beautiful Donald Judd inspired chair out of leftover wood from the studio construction…

@aaronleitz

I’m learning how to do Pilates videos for my clients. The challenge for me is not in the logistics of the curriculum, but in getting over my fear of the camera and finding my voice so that it actually sounds like me and how I teach in person.

Accepting that I’m not going to be an expert right out of the gate is something I’ve always struggled with.

I have to walk my talk and “Respect the Process” (which is the mantra I continually espouse) and even put on the Pilates Everyday “about” page:

“Prioritize repetition over perfection. It isn’t going to be good right out the gate. Don’t worry, just keep at it and do your best. Through repetition and deliberate practice it will start to come together. Just move. Pay attention. Don’t rush. Enjoy yourself. Repeat. Respect the process.”

Creating videos and expanding my practice online had always been on my mind but seemed like a far off consideration in the context of my normal life/work routine. I felt like I didn’t have any extra space or energy to devote to it.

Our friend Alison Pickart posted this quote last week which I printed out and put on my fridge…

“The amazing thing about human nature is that people find themselves gravitating toward things that they innately know how to do. For some very lucky ones, they will discover a passion that now has the time to be realized, which may inadvertently become a new life’s work. Great things come out of crisis, often because they have to.”

— Alison Pickart

Seth Godin nails this idea (and also accurately conveys the level of work required) in his blog post But what could you learn instead? .

“Learning takes effort, and it’s hard to find the effort when the world is in flux, when we’re feeling uncertain and when we’re being inundated with bad news. But that’s the moment when learning is more important than ever…This shift is difficult to commit to, because unlike education, learning demands change. Learning makes us incompetent just before it enables us to grasp mastery. Learning opens our eyes and changes the way we see, communicate and act.

It’s way easier to get someone to watch–a YouTube comic, a Netflix show, a movie–than it is to encourage them to do something. But it’s the doing that allows us to become our best selves, and it’s the doing that creates our future.”

Read Seth’s entire post here.

Learning something doesn’t always have to be a BIG thing. There is so much joy to be found in the process of learning small day to day things.

My fridge looks a lot different these days than it did in January…

I have pretty good chops in the kitchen but I am learning new ways to make use of what we have in the pantry and freezer, substituting ingredients, using recipes as inspiration rather than rigid instructions and trusting my instincts. Forced to simplify, this time has unlocked a new culinary creativity.

I am starting seeds inside, something I have never done before…

The sewing machine is out and being put to use making masks: the perfect project to hone my sewing skills acquired last spring at Drygoods Design’s beginner sewing series.

Repetition is the mother of all learning - Repetitio mater studiorum est.

All this learning of new THINGS is really learning a new way to BE. Attentive. Deliberate. Comfortable with discomfort. Intentional. Grateful.

March 26

A small collection of things enriching my life at home the last few days…

From Nitch

Everything I Know About Parenting in a Crisis, I Learned From My Mom

“But then comes the magic moment when you realize you don’t actually have anywhere else to be, most days: You just have to be present, and to love them.

I’m lucky. My children are small, they’re not missing major exams or life events. I’m not stuck in the house with two surly teenagers who cringe every time I speak. I’m fortunate enough to be able to put work on hold for now, even if it means flattening the curve of my own career.

I know, better than most, that these things are temporary. And I know that next week, when our son has his (surprise!) Zoom birthday celebration, he’ll remember that all of his friends and family ate chocolate chip pancakes in tandem. He won’t remember that he didn’t have a party this year. Because like all hard times, I suspect, his enduring memories of this time will be of our love, and his joy.”

— Priyanka Mattoo

Read the whole article here.

Prepping my garden beds I discovered a few potatoes carried over from last season. Back into the dirt they will go…

Rebecca Solnit’s conversation with Krista was one of the very first ones I listened to when I first discovered On Being. It has been a useful conversation to revisit as we navigate these uncertain times…

“When all the ordinary divides and patterns are shattered, people step up to become their brothers’ keepers,” Rebecca Solnit writes. “And that purposefulness and connectedness bring joy even amidst death, chaos, fear, and loss.”

Also turn off the news and build a garden…

Seth Godin is one of the wise and generous thinkers that never ceases to inspire me. He is calm and clear and holds us accountable to think bigger and outside the box, and be better humans. From his daily blog today…

Donald Robertson is an excellent example of someone who thinks outside the box and has carved his own path. I really loved his “Painting and a Story”…

The Kid Should See This is a wonderful resource for watching and learning about all the cool things…

And because we all need to keep our humor during times like these…