Archive - Ordinary Animals

Surfacing again after a digital spiral + my easy, lowkey plans for summer

Jul 1 •

April 2025

My (weird?) postpartum obsessions

Becoming a mother, with the obsessive help of ASMR and Taylor Swift, of course!

Apr 30 •

Escape the Noise!

An Apple Watch, a camper van, and the art of keeping quiet in the desert

Apr 10

March 2025

How To Not Give Your Baby or Toddler A Smartphone

10+ expert, practical, real-life tips to keep kids calm, happy, and engaged—sans screens. Based on child development and years of hands-on experience, I…

Mar 30 •

Schemas, Routines, & Finding Meaning in Transitions

See Also: Why Is There Always Yogurt On My Floor??

Mar 20 •

February 2025

Some Wild Ideas

An Ordinary Animals thematic statement of sorts

Feb 27 •

It’s Winter, Babies

It’s cold and it’s dark and my babies are growing up!!

Feb 16 •

January 2025

On whales and mothers and me

Jan 26 •

Goodbye to All That: Brooklyn Edition

15 years, 3 neighborhoods, a million lifetimes

Jan 7 •

December 2024

My Year of Writing and Rupture

My newsletter year in review + BIG personal news!

Dec 14, 2024

Analog Activities in a Digital World🌀🌱

All Roads Lead Back to The Artist’s Way—even baseball cards

Dec 4, 2024 •

November 2024

We all need to touch grass

Out of the matrix and onto the beach. Or, taking advice from the internet to get the F off the internet

Nov 18, 2024 •

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