Musings

When the holidays are hard

Some ideas for what to do on hard days, and how to support someone who is going through a tough time.

Holiday shopping in 2021: 4 reasons why you should shop early

1. SHIPPING DELAYS! We're still in a global pandemic, and USPS and all other carriers are facing staffing shortages combined with high order volume...

A reminder and reason to shop early and shop small this holiday season

love (and grief) in the time of corona

Today marks exactly four years since Nap died. It feels like I’ve been straddling two parallel universes since - the one in which I am a happy, w...

Why I Shop Small

Hi all, Holiday season is coming up, which means that many of us are faced with the annual question of who to buy presents for, what to get them, ...

Whichever way you're going, you're already on the right path

Graduation season is almost upon us, which is such a wonderful time of celebration and transition (and, if I remember correctly, perhaps also some ...

Reflections on love and loss, but mostly on love (three years later)

People say that 50% of a greeting card line should be birthday cards; I have about three times as many cards for grief and loss as I do for birt...

Why sometimes it's okay to be a pigeon

Hi all,March brings with it the promise of spring, a time of renewal and growth. For those of us who have already, predictably lapsed on our new y...

PS. I like your wobbly bits.

When we like someone - and really want them to like us back - we sometimes try to be who we think they want us to be. Or who we think they think...

birthday card with background full of posters

Reflecting on 2017

Now that it’s the end of the year, many people have been posting their “best nine” - their nine most “liked” Instagram photos from 2017. As I refle...

card with excerpt and animated drawing of unicorn

Sometimes Unicorns Are Just Horses Wearing Strap-Ons

I generally walk around with two questions bouncing around in my head: Why is my shit perpetually such a mess, and how is everyone else keeping the...

Things To Do When You're In A Depressive Spiral Before You Crawl Into Bed (From One Human To Another.)

I don’t know about you all, but I often feel like I’m both okay and not okay, sometimes in a ping-ponging sort of way that’s a little crazy-mak...