By: Gabriela Yareliz The snow piles remain. Winter has us all about to fling ourselves on the snow piles in resignation. “Just leave me here,” we want to say. But “onward,” as someone who does nothing at work typically says to those doing the heavy lifting. Onward, indeed. Today, I heard a clown horn (youContinue reading “Thoughts and Favs from this Week 2.27.26”
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Keeping the Garden
By: Gabriela Yareliz Spring arrives on March 20. I love spring. It always arrives right on time— when winter has beat us up and left us in a heaping pile like the inches of snow dropped on us. Friday was exhausting. It was exacerbated by the anxiety that loomed over me when I realized IContinue reading “Keeping the Garden”
Don’t Die In Another’s World
“Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.” Anais Nin By: Gabriela Yareliz Some of the most glorious moments of our journeys are the ones where we buck all expectations and cultural rules imposed, and we create our own operating system. My rule is that the only opinionContinue reading “Don’t Die In Another’s World”
All Sorts of Life
“That’s the kind of story I want to write, the kind that stops being writing and starts being life.” George Saunders By: Gabriela Yareliz The Chinese lunar new year. First night of Ramadan. Ash Wednesday. Resurrection Sunday peeks over the horizon on the other side of fasting and journey. My express train going local. Sigh.Continue reading “All Sorts of Life”
Spring Dreams
By: Gabriela Yareliz Yesterday was our first day over 39F in weeks. The sun was shining, and I kept feeling like there was an important thought I had forgotten. I was racking my brain like a child shaking the last coin out of a piggy bank, all in efforts to remember the forgotten piece. WhileContinue reading “Spring Dreams”
Best Self
“It’s no secret that you can’t be the best anything if you aren’t your best self.” Grey Huffington By: Gabriela Yareliz I am devising a plan to feel like I have a life again. Our habits and days are made of choices, and lately, it feels like all I do is work, commute (another full-timeContinue reading “Best Self”
The Massie-Khanna Alliance
What Bobby said. Listen, it’s my philosophy that you know a politician has integrity when both parties hate him/her while he/she keeps pushing accountability. I am a fan of the bipartisan effort and work propelled forward by Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna. They seem to be the real deal. May they see allContinue reading “The Massie-Khanna Alliance”
Questions for February
“If no one told you what to like— what would you actually choose?” Theo Von reading an ad for Pepsi By: Gabriela Yareliz On many mornings, I listen to comedy during my commute. It helps keep the blood pressure low. The morning is always filled with weird things. Today, it was a train with bloodContinue reading “Questions for February”
Yo No Perreo
By: Gabriela Yareliz I will never forget a funny friend who told me proudly that he had seen a Puerto Rican artist’s music video. “The one with the women in the bikinis dancing,” he told me. “You are going to have to narrow it down,” I told him. “That is basically every music video.” IContinue reading “Yo No Perreo”
Some of the Week’s Favs (2.6.26)
01. Pyro Fitness “Your habits are the silent architects of your life.” Kirsty Godso’s mantra 02. THIS TEA!! Tried this tea by Natazia zu Stolberg, and I am obsessed with it. Smells like cumin but tastes like a warm hug. 03. Podcast of the Week This podcast with Emma Grede and Simon Sinek. Their conversationContinue reading “Some of the Week’s Favs (2.6.26)”
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