"Wow, you were NOT KIDDING when you said you take a lot of pictures.""Do you ever actually look at all of the pictures you've taken?""What's the point of drawing everything in your sketchbooks if it's all stuck in your sketchbooks?" I do take lots of pictures. I do look at …
Craft Services + Noodles
"What happened to fashion?""Why is he wearing the same thing in a different color every night?" (Which, um, relatable. Hello Katie's gray cardigan worn during every zoom meeeting.)"I don't know why he's paying a stylist.""I'm so disappointed." The Internet has spoken and it is …
Fish in a Barrel
"It's like I tied a specific fly to catch this rare species of fish that only bites during the month of September on a river in northern Canada that you access via a bush runway. The pilot drops you off with instructions to 'Be back at 10 am sharp 7 days later or else good luck getting home and with …
Why I need Fifteen Pencil Cups
When I was 8 years old I wouldn't leave home without a briefcase (yes, an actual briefcase that clicked open and had pockets for things like calculators and pencils and legal pads) filled with pens and pencils and paper. I probably had a stapler. What 8-year-old leaves home without a stapler? I …
Why’d you do that?
"I'm here to pick up for Katie." *Confusion and bag rustling ensues.* "I'm Katie. Do you have any questions about the order?" "Yeah - why'd you order through GrubHub?" It was POURING rain, I mean, I had to CHANGE MY PANTS when I got home rain, I couldn't see because I was wearing …
Tell Me What you Want
I had a really great day last Saturday. Why? I saw a sign pointing to a fish fry and I followed it. Arriving onsite was like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. At least, it was for this girl who misses people and new experiences. And, …
We’ve Been Training for This
Is it the end of the world as we know it? Probably. What's happened in the United States (not to mention, the world) over the last 7 days is, as the news anchors incessantly say, "unprecedented." Mainly because the last time there was a pandemic (well, I'm …
Why I Hang My Running Medals Above My Desk
One of my best good friends, Susan, told me one time, "Everyone needs to do something that makes them feel good about themselves." Not something that they're good at. Something that makes them feel proud, happy, good. Something that makes them feel these things inside, regardless of what the …
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