Once a story is shared with others, it no longer belongs exclusively to the person who first wrote it. While an author will always remain the original creator of the work, each reading of the story will be different, because it will be by a different person, with different experiences, at a different time in their life. Just as you can never step into the same river twice, every time someone reads a book, they have a unique experience… whether it’s the first time or the tenth

People need people. This is not a ground breaking revelation but especially since the COVID-19 pandemic it seems like loneliness, disconnection, and a lack of community have become more painful and more prevalent experiences than they had been in the past. Add in the increasing political divisiveness over the last few years (locally, nationally, and globally) and it makes a lot of sense that we are craving a sense of safety and closeness in our relationships when the world ca

We all have things we enjoy doing or know are beneficial for us that we don't do as frequently as we want to. Either we forget about them or they seem too small to be helpful or it just feels too difficult to start them. By simultaneously lowering the difficulty of starting while also incentivizing the experience of doing the thing itself, we can increase the likelihood that we will follow through on our intentions. By choosing small, sometimes micro tasks, we make it feel a

I love it when our hobbies can intersect to create something new and exciting that enriches our experience of something we already love... and that's exactly what discovering book blankets has done for me. It's a way I've recently seen a lot of crafters who read (or readers who want to start crafting) track the books they have read by making a blanket as a type of beautiful and functional reading log. Just like with most creative arts, there are countless ways this can be don