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Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

October 26, 2016 By Jodi

My incredibly talented friends continue to share their work on Dear Sabrina this week while I'm in Michigan with my mom, preparing for the services--and the arrival of far-flung family and friends--later this week. I met Sophia Augusta shortly after moving to Stockholm. We'd been set up by a mutual friend (a former colleague of...

"Why Am I Still Thinking About This Day?"

October 13, 2016 By Jodi Leave a Comment

I listened to a podcast last week that I've been thinking about ever since. It was an episode of Magic Lessons (Season 1, Episode 10) in which Elizabeth Gilbert talks to the humorist John Hodgman about creativity and trying new things. Hodgman explains that at a friend's prompting, he scheduled a series of weekly shows at a small theater in Brooklyn....

An Intentional Summer

June 22, 2016 By Jodi 2 Comments

The New York Times has challenged its readers to an intentional summer. Every week, they're offering a suggestion to set this summer apart from the rest of the year. The first challenge is to walk or bike somewhere that you'd normally drive, to make an ordinary trip a little more extraordinary.

Gorgeous Prints from Artifact Uprising

September 9, 2016 By Jodi 4 Comments

About a year ago I realized we had a problem--a major problem. We had thousands of pictures of our kids, all of which were on the computer. We had approximately zero pictures of our kids that existed out here in the real world. If we wanted to reminisce with August and Leif about their babyhood, their cousins,...

The Subtle Art of Showing You Give a F@ck

March 3, 2019 By Jodi 1 Comment

James and I are taking a parenting class offered by August's school. The class is called Parenting with Love and Logic (the link goes to a book by the same name). The basic idea is to use empathy with our children in order to empower them to handle their own problems and decisions. One of...

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