Lifestyle Notes

Spilling the Tea

The secret behind my favorite mug and what really happens when I hit the publish button for my latest essay every Sunday morning.

My Sunday morning routine.

I have a confession.

Every Sunday morning when I hit the publish button on my latest essay, I'm not enjoying a cup of coffee. I'm sipping my tea.

Yep, I'm an avid tea drinker.

I make my own tea by steeping fresh ginger, turmeric, or thyme. Sometimes I’ll have chamomile tea if I remember to buy it at the grocery store.

My Luke’s Diner mug is my favorite. I visited Warner Bros. Studios in California where the Gilmore Girls filmed and had to buy it.

Do you think Lorelai and Rory would judge my homemade tea? Probably. I think they’d miss their caffeine.

I felt like I had gotten it all out of me when I wrote the first fifteen essays. I let go of All. The. Things.

Here's how I’m celebrating and what I’m skipping this holiday season. My goal is not to feel burnt out by New Year’s.

Maybe if I had slowed down this week, it would have brought me the kind of luck I was looking for.

Sunny, fall afternoons where we have nothing to do are the best, and are also extremely rare.

Stay awhile.