The other day I realized it's been almost a year since I traveled outside of Texas. And aside from trips to San Antonio and Dallas, I haven't even really left Austin. I would be tempted to say this is the longest I've gone without traveling anywhere in about 12 years. As someone who used to go ...
Why I haven’t been writing.
I suppose I failed spectacularly at writing every day for a year. A lot stood in my way. Honestly, writing here felt quite pointless with all that's going on in the world. There's so much to be angry about, so much to be picking up the phone and calling my Senators and Representatives about. Ted ...
My first protest sign
Today the world saw Donald Trump inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. For many people, myself included, Trump stands against almost every world view I hold. I could go into it more, but I wanted to focus on writing about the Women's March in Austin tomorrow. Today had me thinking ...
And now, a cute video of my dog
Yesterday's post was pretty heavy to write, so I figured I'd go with a lighter topic for this post. Here's a video of my dog, Captain, playing with Olive, a rat terrier pup who's being fostered by my friend, Melissa. Olive's new mom, Amy, lives up in New England and she's coming down to Texas in a ...
What are you a drum major for?
I've been contemplating how to write this post. I want to share how I feel about the 2016 election and upcoming inauguration, but there's a big part of me that still feels in shock and disappointment. And so much sadness. Not for the things that are about to come out of this, but because it's ...