by Jule Kucera | Jun 30, 2024 | Blog
Scott showed up as an email. There’s a property in Kentucky he wanted to buy from me. I get letters regularly from predatory buyers who offer “$CASH$ in 30 Days!!!” but the cash they offer is half what I paid for it. I shot back a reply. “I’m not selling it for less...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 23, 2024 | Blog
Note: This includes details about something that triggered me, and if it might trigger you, use caution. That part is in quotes/italics, so it’s easy to skip. Something happened when I was a sophomore in college that merited tears. I ran back to my dorm room. My...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 16, 2024 | Blog
Last month, a friend and I went to the Indiana Peony Festival in Noblesville, Indiana, about a 2-hour drive from Cincinnati. I selfishly looked forward to the trip. Yes, because we’re good friends and I enjoy any time we’re together. But also because she is a...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 9, 2024 | Blog
The other night, during my pre-bed yin yoga routine, I lay on my back, shoulders flat on the thin rubber mat, hips and legs turned in one direction but my head turned in the other, twisting my innards like a corkscrew. I started to cry. Not little wimpy tears, but all...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 2, 2024 | Blog
My 50th high school reunion is this August. I’ve got my dress and a room at a B&B to share with my friend Claire, who lives in San Francisco. I’m looking forward to seeing my friends, but Todd won’t be there because he died a month ago. Todd had cancer and his...
