Dearest Reader,

I’ve been doing this since 2014 — back when we just called it blogging.

I kept it alive in the background through college, a journalism and political career, and eventually a career in tech. Life kept moving, and somewhere along the way, so did I. Five years in Austin gave me the best time of my life and, more importantly, the love of it — and then I did something nobody who knows me saw coming: I left.

We traded the city for the Hill Country. Our nearest neighbors are deer, raccoons, and the occasional fox, and I wouldn’t change a single thing about it. I’m living my Snow White fairytale out here — but I haven’t forgotten what it felt like to have a great restaurant on every corner and a cute coffee shop to work from. So now I spend my days figuring out how to bring that energy to a life that’s slower, quieter, and honestly? So much better.