(Post Note: I had this post written and ready to go in mid-March, before a pandemic hit and made life around us came to a halt. I hit “pause” on publishing it for awhile: Somehow, it just didn’t seem like a good fit as we were adjusting to social distancing and the economic slowdown…. View more
(This is part of the Practice Makes Imperfect series. Click here to learn more.) At least there was chocolate. Those words summed up my feelings as I settled into bed after an evening with friends last fall. It wasn’t that my friends were boring or unkind. Quite the opposite actually. We shared plenty of laughs… View more
I’m the daughter of an engineer. Many people find this hard to guess, since I lean more toward creativity and emotion than the rational, ordered pursuits of science. But there’s one sure way I’m confident that engineering blood flows somewhere through my veins: I love to assemble furniture. I know, some people sigh in… View more
