Private Chef, Writer & Podcaster
Burned out, exhausted, and held together by caffeine and sarcasm, I decided not to wait until September for a beach vacation. Here’s why I booked a chronic illness-friendly escape to Cape Cod—with nothing but my Kindle, portable oxygen, and a deep craving for ocean air and silence.
After years of drowning in headlines, outrage, and “breaking news” pings, I finally unplugged—and discovered that peace, calm, and mental clarity are a lot more satisfying than doomscrolling. Here’s how quitting the news improved my mental health, lowered my stress, and helped me start living again.
Are your charitable donations funding good deeds—or socks, dreamcatchers, and direct mail guilt? Let’s talk about the curious case of St. Joseph’s Indian School and where the money really goes. This is the donation deep-dive you didn’t know you needed.
While perusing book blogs for actual reviews, I noticed a baffling trend: a whole lot of “reviews” are just copy-pasted blurbs with a few emoji-filled reactions. Here’s the thing—recapping the jacket copy isn’t reviewing the book. Let’s talk about what real book reviews should look like.
On a quiet sunset drive, I stumbled into a raw moment between a fox and a crow—two wild creatures locked in instinct and mystery. What began as an ordinary evening turned into a reflection on survival, intuition, and the strange ways nature mirrors our own chronic-illness battles.
Tate Basildon 