Let me set the scene… I’m sitting on a bench outside of a wine bar in St. Helena, CA. Sometimes I just like to sit — no phone, no distractions… Just being still while everything else is moving around me gives me such a calming rush (if that makes any sense!)  There’s a jewelry store […]

Sorry I’ve been so terrible with my posts lately. It’s not because I haven’t been doing a lot of writing — in fact, I’ve been writing more than usual these days! Just not in the form of blog posts… I realize that it might have gone completely unnoticed by the world that I haven’t posted […]

For the most part, I’m a pretty rules-y kind of girl. I like knowing what’s allowed and what’s forbidden, and because I’m naturally compliant, people in authority really don’t have to worry about me falling out of line. If the speed limit says 55, I like to go 55; and, if the sign says “No […]