by Jule Kucera | Apr 20, 2025 | Blog
When my morning alarm goes off, I pull myself up to sitting, lean back against my headboard, and grab my phone to begin a meditation. On Sundays, I sometimes first check that my weekly email went out. Sometimes I re-read it, sometimes I don’t. Last Sunday, I read my...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 13, 2025 | Blog
It’s Tuesday. Tonight, Jane Friedman is speaking at The Mercantile Library, and I made cookies for the event. They’re oatmeal-chocolate chip-pecan, in regular and gluten-free versions. If you’d like, here’s the recipe. When I told my mother I was making 240 cookies...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 6, 2025 | Blog
In response to the past few Sundays’ messages, several people have replied, asking, “Are you okay?” I am, but I’m not. No, that’s not right. I’m not, but I am. There’s been another reminder that this life is finite. What I’ve been feeling (mourning?) is not that loss,...
by Jule Kucera | Mar 30, 2025 | Blog
I like words, but I also like images. Sometimes images serve me better. This is something I drew a few years ago: It reminds me that while the seed is in the soil, when it looks like nothing is happening, there is growth. I may treasure unfurling my leaves in the warm...
by Jule Kucera | Mar 23, 2025 | Blog
While searching for the right email address to request an extension for my mother’s taxes, I stumbled across my Sunday email from March 15, 2020. I had sent it to my CPA and he had written back, asking permission to forward it to his office. It was a good...
