At first it was a game. I tapped button after button, tapped and held each sensor, slid my finger along the touch-screen slider… all the while hoping to get the stovetop to heat up. But as I tapped and fiddled, holding my hand above one of the burner surfaces and sensing zero heat, my game …
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Just like that, I’m in Europe. We time-warped our way through the weekend and here we are on Monday morning in a small Czech city. I walked Erik to his office and then took off on a long wander to figure out what to do next. Before we left Texas, several friends asked me, “what …
I’ve been feeling sad lately. (More on that in another post but you can reference Four Lies for now.) This week, though, I realized there’s something healing about digging in the dirt. Last weekend I bought a pair of apple tree saplings with the intent to plant them in the backyard. The same day I …
