We were floating along a canal somewhere around Kloosterznde when my dad's phone beeped. "Notre Dame on Fire," the alert from CNN said. The spire had already toppled. Sixteen year old me standing in the middle of Rome, asking a guard with a machine gun "Where are the street signs?" (missing ... continue reading...

If soccer practice is Saturday where will you buy fish food on Monday?  When you were a kid, did you ever do those logic puzzles? There would be a whole grid with boxes and you had to decide which task happened when and by whom with what supplies or some variation. Then there were the math ... continue reading...

I could not breathe the entire time I was watching the movie.  I was in the Imax theater where my friends' parents and I watched Dunkirk (because Harry Styles was in the movie). Apparently Imax worthy movies require viewers to bring extra oxygen. I mean, there we were, clinging to ... continue reading...

I have my best business thoughts while drying my hair in the morning.  Obviously I don't plan that. Who wants to think about email segments or product descriptions at 7:30 in the morning before breakfast? Not me. It happens all. the. time. though. Recently I found out why.  ... continue reading...

I did not have a boyband phase at the typical age.  Mine came later, after I turned gardening (my hobby) into a job and after I turned paddleboarding (my hobby) into my job, and after, to some extent, I turned books (reading them: also my hobby) into my job. After a long day in front of ... continue reading...