I looked up at the wall I had just started, only a few kicks and swings of the bar in, now in the room opposite of where I was. And I saw this. It completely by chance ー in fact, I don’t think I could have done this on my own if I tried

It’s a year later, and I still don’t live at my house. If you asked me then if I’d still be living with my parents while renovating the house a year later, I’d say, “I sure as heck hope not!” Oh and don’t forget to throw a pandemic on top of it.

I wrote this piece three years ago for a memoir writing class assignment. It’s never been shared outside of my class but I’m brushing it off on the 15th anniversary of losing Warren as a way to reflect and remember him and my life before and after him. This was the day that everything changed.

This lemon-thyme chicken leg dish costs less than five dollars to make. Yes, you read that right, LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS. And you can make it all in one cast iron skillet, in just 45 minutes.

These quick pickled red onions use apple cider vinegar as the main attraction and make for a nice tangy addition to burgers and tacos. And they are so darn easy to make, they basically make themselves.

This creamy chicken and “rice” soup uses a few simple tricks like coconut milk and turmeric to add more healthy, healing benefits with anti-inflammatory ingredients and tastes pretty darn good, too.

As a self-employed single female, buying a house on my own always felt out of reach. I thought buying would be hard because a single self-employed income isn’t all that sexy to lenders, or so I thought. Well, guess what? You know what’s sexy to the right lender? Excellent credit and working your ass off and making your own damn money on your own.

The average person doesn't carry around a camera anymore because of cell phones. Many worry about the caption before taking the photo often deciding it's not insta-worthy, lost to a camera roll never to be seen again. Then there's those of us trying to be #present, so focused on unplugging that moments are no longer captured because we've evolved to a place of cell phones = bad.