It has been a year, y’all. There’s no way a list can capture it all, but here are a few highlights from the past 12 months:
- run miles and miles through my beloved neighborhood of Eastie, mostly in the mornings before work
- knitted myself a pair of gloves, a cozy headband and two sets of legwarmers
- lived in leggings, jeans, Allbirds sneakers, scarves and my green coat (see above)
- discovered volunteer ushering and leaned hard into it
- returned to Vermont, and adventured to western MA and the North Shore, with my guy
- spent a couple of sweet solo weekends in NYC
- delighted in hearing and promoting our young people’s music at ZUMIX
- made lots of chickpea curry, ratatouille, black bean soup and other simple meals
- drunk hundreds of cups of tea
- spent a sweet Thanksgiving with my guy
- interviewed several authors for Shelf Awareness
- read roughly 230 books
- done a lot of yoga, mostly at The Point
- sung in a local carol choir for the fourth year
- said goodbye to my beloved Darwin’s
- written a couple of pieces for ACU Today
- spent a little time in Texas
- hosted my parents for their first joint visit to Boston since 2018
- continued to savor my writing class on Tuesdays
- worked the polls again, twice
- gone to the movies alone (and with my guy)
- helped pull off the ZUMIX Gala and Walk for Music
- started a newsletter
- done a “Southwest tour” to visit friends in Arizona and California
- become a regular at the Eastie library
- published a couple of essays online
- gone back to some local museums
- been to Portsmouth, Amherst and Westerly with my girl Jackie
- taken a salsa dancing class
- been to my first Comic-Con
- survived having COVID
- attended a number of outdoor concerts here in Eastie
- seen both the Indigo Girls and the Wailin’ Jennys in concert (!!)
- loved All Creatures season 2 and Magpie Murders
- turned 39
- tended geraniums, a fern, an African violet, paperwhite bulbs and cherry tomatoes
- tried my best to pay attention, love my people and be brave and true
What has this year looked like for you?
cakes, tea and dreams 
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