Newsletters

September, 2026

What happens when the book you want to write doesn’t fit neatly into anyone else’s box? My September newsletter is about Travels with the Muse, learning to sketch, getting older—and the unexpected freedom of doing things your own way.

August, 2026

Confession: I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time looking at spider webs this summer. They’ve been teaching me something about mistakes, resilience, and why our lives don’t have to be perfectly woven to be beautiful.

July, 2026

What began as a search for remarkable trees became a meditation on curiosity, beauty, and the art of noticing what’s around us.

June, 2026

In a distracted age, deep reading can feel almost rebellious. Some thoughts on what I learned from reading all 900+ pages of The Brothers Karamazov.

May, 2026

A reflection on the quiet, faithful love dogs bring into our lives—and what they might be here to teach us.

April, 2026

Turns out, a houseplant can be a pretty good teacher. This month’s newsletter is about drawing, attention, and starting again.

March, 2026

Inspired by Martin Shaw’s new book Liturgies of the Wild, this newsletter considers initiation, change, and the hidden gift within life’s crossings.

February, 2026

If your brain has been running on “too much going on” mode lately, you’re not alone. My February newsletter is a gentle invitation to slow down and look again

January, 2026

My upcoming book wandered off the expected path and ended up somewhere truer than I imagined. It turns out books have opinions.