Dec 2, 2025 | A Day In My Life
It’s impossible to talk about any day in my life without first mentioning Addie and Penelope and Estella. We’re best friends from college, newly graduated and sharing a Georgetown rowhouse, a stone’s throw from our alma mater. We have great parties and crap jobs and...
Dec 1, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Courtney Kelly owner of Open Your Imagination, a fairy garden store in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. For the uninitiated, fairy gardens are whimsical miniature gardens decked out with plants and structures like fairy houses and castles or swings and slides....
Nov 28, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Every morning, I remind myself to stop for WD-40 on my way home. Every evening, I forget, only to be reminded the next morning when the grating sound of metal-on-metal shocks my system as my garage door springs to life. This morning is no different. It’s 6:15 a.m.,...
Nov 27, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I’m a professional organizer, not to be confused with an event organizer. I’ve been asked before, and it’s a fair question. I work with organizations, families, and businesses. People often need help when they get married, have children, and downsize their homes. And...
Nov 26, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Today is the day we leave Rome. When I was a boy living in the quiet English countryside (somewhere between six months and a lifetime ago) I never imagined setting foot in the Italian capital, but I’ve just spent weeks here in the most wonderful old villa. I’ve...
Nov 25, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I’m sitting in the office with the latest financial spreadsheet. One thing they never talk about on the television crime shows is the amount of time law enforcement spends with bureaucratic paperwork. The best sheriff is not the quickest draw; the best sheriff is the...
