Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's seasonal allergies.

Wrongs You Don't Notice Until They're Right My Sudden Realization while Running a Women's Half Marathon

.. we can normalize something being “off” or not a good fit to the extent that it doesn’t even occur for us to question the status quo until the moment we suddenly experience the way things should be and are shocked by our joy in the rightness.”

Cashier: anything fun planned for the weekend?
Me: Church in the morning, then having 10 twentysomethings over late afternoon to eat loaded nachos and watch Nacho Libre, as is our Easter tradition.
Her: what
Me: what

I was texting someone about Nacho Libre, and my phone changed it to nacho library and now that's really all I want. A nacho library.

Off to wash my glasses with soap and water so I can hear my own thoughts again.

I've been told I'm a good cook, but really all I do is quadruple all the butter, onion, and garlic the recipe calls for. And if the recipe doesn't call for those things, I put them in anyway.

Writing is hard on both your brain AND your body.

British and American pronunciations differ. The American preferred pronunciation is conk, like conking someone on the head.

You think you know someone, and then you hear how they pronounce the word "conch."

You can only turn a USB around so many times. You would think.

6 Final Friendship Implications How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 6 [FINAL]

The goal isn’t to be friends with everyone.

The goal is to know how best to build mutual, healthy friendships wisely and intentionally.

This year so far, I've read 21 books and 3 complete unpublished manuscripts.

I read well over a hundred books a year. Some years, I've read upwards of 200. I don't do this because it's some kind of competition. I do it because I genuinely love reading.

Eight months ago, I fell down the stairs at my house and fractured my foot. Today I ran eight miles. It feels good to be doing distance again.

On Asking Someone to Be Your Friend How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 5

In parts 1-4 of this series, we discussed how to 1) recognize moments of connection that could lead to friendship, 2) extend an intentional offer to spend time together; 3) wait for signs of mutuality, and 4) evaluate red and green flags.

Only then is it time to consider making it official.

On Asking Someone to Be Your Friend How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 5

Yes, you can ask someone to be your friend. And you should!

Here's how.

You're telling me Dunkin Donuts is selling coffee by the bucket.

The amount of trust that goes into pairs figure skating boggles my mind.

"I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest" is one of my favorite romantic lines in all of English literature.

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A reminder: if you're a leader, it's vital that you're involved in something you're not in charge of and not naturally good at. It's a regular, valuable reminder that your gifts and skills don't reign supreme, that you have something to learn from others, and that we all need each other.

Red Flags Flying How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 4

The early days of spending time mutually engaging with someone are a good time to keep your eye out for potential red and green flags.

How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 4

OPINION: Branwell Brontë would have been deeply involved in the manosphere.

I can only describe my codependent relationship with Microsoft Word as extremely toxic.

I'm now all in on The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion.

How You Make Friends Is How You Keep Them How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 3

While in the process of making new friends, a vital component is remembering to take a step back and wait to see if the other person matches your enthusiasm for connecting.

At a very basic level, this means waiting for signs of mutuality.

How You Make Friends Is How You Keep Them How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 3

"If the only time you see someone is when you initiate, can you truly consider it a mutual friendship?"

How to Make Friends in 2026, Part 3:

Home printers are amazing unless you need them to work.

To say that writers must use AI or "lose the race" is just such a weird framing. Writing is not a race: it is a craft, and other writers are not competitors. They are colleagues.

Owning Our Words: Sounding the Depths of Language The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 2

Sooooo good from LM Sacasas