Nov 11The time I quit student council“That voice of yours was meant to be heard.” — L. Clift The first week of my freshman year of high school I decided that I wanted to say a speech at graduation. …Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Sep 26Thoughts Upon WakingEveryone should have a friend who reminds them to look at the moon. I miss having nails that aren’t ridged. Why do I love the silence? I am hungry for something so much greater than a taste. How come I don’t feel awake until 7pm? I long to no longer…Lists2 min readLists2 min read
Sep 12Hello, Texas!“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace. Six years ago today, I invited some of the smartest, most accomplished people I knew over for dinner to share an idea I had for a business and humbly asked for their critique and ultimately…Brilliantly4 min readBrilliantly4 min read
Apr 13More hugs and some beer will fix this, right?“Nothing changes if nothing changes.” — In December, my beautiful friend Kate read my tarot cards. It was a particularly difficult moment both personally and professionally and when prompted, the only question I could come up with was: “Should I keep Brilliantly going?” Kate explained, after starting to pull cards, that she’d been hesitant to ask…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Jan 27The Sounds of an On-Going Existential Crisis, Part Two Music is life itself. -Louis Armstrong At the Bottom of Everything -Bright Eyes This is best played when you’re contemplating the meaning of life and have that what-is-the-actual-point-of-anything feeling and you need and uppity melody to pair with the darkness. Love You So Bad -Ezra Furman This is best played…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Dec 27, 2022Fair well, Armington StreetHome is where one starts from. — TS Eliot I wrote about this house when we came back to it early in the pandemic. As most homecomings, it was wonderfully nostalgic, a smidge uncanny and perhaps a little bit of a bad idea. But we did it. We have lived…Home3 min readHome3 min read
Dec 9, 2022Twinkle, twinkle.“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” ― Haruki Murakami If I were called upon to describe myself and someone else had already said “pathologically optimistic,” my next choice would be “charmingly morbid.” I think about death all the time. When the phone rings early…Death4 min readDeath4 min read
Aug 3, 2022Riding Waves“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.” ― Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape Recently I attended a surfing camp. Like camp for children but with me and my friend, Peter. I’ve always been afraid of surfing. Here’s my top three reasons why (just in case you…Surfing4 min readSurfing4 min read
Apr 4, 2022Mastectaversary“The whole point of being alive is to become the person you were intended to be, to grow out of and into yourself again and again” — ― Oprah Winfrey , What I Know for Sure Nine years ago right now, I was in surgery. I’d traveled from Providence to New York for my mastectomy at NYU Langone. …Mastectomy5 min readMastectomy5 min read
Mar 4, 2022Unfurling“I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today.” — Charlotte Eriksson A few weeks ago during shvasana at the end of yoga, I was overtaken by the sensation that my mother was with me. I felt her energy swirling around me and…3 min read3 min read
