the green chest

Category: Reflection

  • free art + questions to consider

    What’s better than a Friday night? A Friday night with free art and food trucks, of course! I attended the opening of Metronome at the whitespace gallery in Inman Park. The show features encaustic paintings by Michele Schuff. The whitespace blog describes the work: Schuff captures the invisible process of time through the use of…

  • why I lurve the USA

    1. Watermelon. This heavenly fruit is entrenched in my upbringing. It is the one food I cannot live without. 2. Cultural diversity. 3. Smoke-free restaurants. 4. HOPE. (Ok, Obama.)   5. Freedom to travel. (An American passport, or confirmation of American citizenship, is more coveted than I can ever fully realize.) 6. Emphasis on independence…

  • Freedom

    I went skydiving. Skydiving was life changing for several reasons. I jumped out of a plane. I jumped out of a plane with my sister. I accepted death as part of life. I realized why I care about budgeting. I know the last lesson doesn’t sound like the most exciting, but hear me out. It…