Something shifted in the way people celebrate birthdays after 2024. I noticed it first at a birthday dinner I attended for a close friend turning thirty-five. There were no balloons. No printed banners. No Instagram backdrop with oversized letters spelling out the guest of honour’s age in gold. Just a long table, good food, candles … Read more
There is something almost sacred about the quiet hum of a local donut shop on a Friday morning. You know that specific smell? It’s a warm, yeasty, sugared air that seems to stick to your clothes in the best way possible. It takes me right back to being a kid, standing on my tiptoes to … Read more
There is a specific kind of silence that only exists between two people who have been through everything together. You know that silence? The one where you’re sitting on the couch, both scrolling through your phones, or driving down a long stretch of highway without a radio, and you don’t feel the need to say … Read more