“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.” ~Doug Larson I don’t miss Zinia. I miss the Zinia I made up. The real Zinia—the one who fought with me for hours over things that…
“Sometimes the ground beneath us shifts so we can discover where our true roots are.” ~Dava Harvey Evicted. The word stared up at me from the letter in my hands. It was the summer of 2022, near the tail end…
“When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short-term discomfort for long-term dysfunction.” ~Peter Bromberg Have you ever looked around at other people’s lives and wondered, “How do they do that?” How do they seem so steady, so connected, so… together?…
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” ~Hermann Hesse My dad was intubated, so he couldn’t say the words back to me. I told him I loved him anyway. Instead, he slowly…
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” ~Anne Lamott You know that familiar routine: an exhausting day at work, a long commute, children, errands, messages, dinner, and notifications. And then—finally—rest at the…
“It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part.” ~ BoJack Horseman If you’d told eighteen-year-old me where she’d be at twenty-eight, she would have laughed nervously and…
Every summer, like clockwork, I fall into the same pattern: I get swept up in the excitement of early travel plans, treat myself to a few new pieces I’ve been eyeing, and before I know it, my budget is… let’s…
If you’ve spent any time on WFH TikTok recently, you’ve probably seen a creator in a hoodie answering emails from the couch while Gilmore Girls reruns play in the background. That is what’s known as a soft-on day, and it…
I don’t know about you, but it feels like I can’t keep up with the cost of living no matter how hard I try. Everything has an exorbitant price tag, and it feels like simply stepping outside my front door…
Let’s be honest: Shopping for Father’s Day gifts can be weirdly stressful. Especially when all your pleas for gift ideas are met with “I don’t need anything,” it can feel damn near impossible to find something that isn’t totally generic…
Getty already struck a similar deal with Perplexity AI. Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock Getty Images has announced a multi-year partnership with OpenAI that will bring its licensed content libraries to the AI company. The agreement means Getty’s content will appear…
Silver (SI=F) July futures opened at $63.85 per ounce on Monday, 3.7% lower than Friday’s closing price of $66.32. The price of silver rebounded to Friday’s level in early trading, moving up to $66.42 by 8:45 a.m. ET. Like gold,…
Some of the internet’s biggest faces expanded their families this year. 2026 began with influencers Haley and MonDarius Black welcoming their first baby together, daughter Leilani Noel Black, after previously suffering a pregnancy loss. The next month, influencer Dani Austin…
