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Practicing gratitude, creativity, and critical thinking by writing about things we like and why we like them.
Gold Days from the BirdFair
“I won't wear your shoes; And I won't clip your wings.”
—The Twilight Sad
Shaking Hands with the Frontman of the Rock Fan’s Rock Band
“A lot of times, art can say the things that we can’t say. There’s a certain amount of distance that is created when yr telling it to the microphone instead of another person, but secrets are very toxic baggage and if you let go of that stuff you can unburden yrself to a certain degree.”
—Patrick Stickles
Founder Blog: Back from a founder’s retreat and I’m currently shooting balls of energy from my hands
20+ women founders and visionaries from all over the country (including me!) just spent 2.5 days on a weekend mountain retreat dancing in the snow, meditating, moving, breathing, crying, hugging, and connecting.
Talking Toasters: My First Podcast Appearance
“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” — Dolly Parton
“5 Things I Like About Myself” Revisited
“Ain’t nobody dope as me; I’m just so fresh so clean.” — OutKast
What I Learned from Our First Kind & Funny Intern
“If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.”
—Adora Svitak
On Books & Burnout
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
—Dr. Seuss
Branding Advice from the G.O.A.T.
“Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman” —Future
One Song for You from an Album that Brings Me Happiness, Entire and Incontestable
“Geese always support each other. When a goose gets injured two birds always accompany it down to the ground. Just as geese do, we must support each other.” —Emma Hayes
Celebrating a Cover Story: How the “Grand Sport of Golf” Helped Integrate a Divided Denver
"Judge Flanigan’s courtroom was out of session on Monday, August 7, 1961. His honor had a 10:12 tee time. ” —David Duberstein
Magical Realism in Kelly’s Work for Peppered Labs
"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” —Gabriel García Márquez
The Lilith Fair Doc is Made for Music Lovers
“It began as a big tour, and then became a surprisingly big tour. And then as it just kept going, it became a sort of industry miracle.” —Rob Sheffield
My Favorite Moments from Kelly’s Podcast Appearance on “Did That Age Well?”
“Girls, they wanna have fun.” —Cyndi Lauper
One Song for You from The Nicest Musician I’ve Ever Interviewed
“Heaven is whenever we can get together, sit down on your floor, and listen to your records” —The Hold Steady
One Song for You from This Week’s Production Soundtrack
“I want you to want me.” —Cheap Trick
One Song for You from My Album of the Motherf**** Year (Easy)
“So good, you won't ever know. I never hear it on the radio.” —Jeff Tweedy
A Good Hang with Amy Poehler & Aubrey Plaza
“Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
The Longest Thing I’ve Ever Written: Coach Van
“It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself. This is hard to do alone.”
—Zadie Smith
A Bunch of Books I Like—July 2025
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
— Voltaire