I’m going to start by calling out the elephant in the room: our sense of smell has taken on new meaning in these COVID times. I was grateful every day I could smell something, for the last 2 years or so. Overall, our sense of scent has some very special inputs into our memories and […]
Author Archives: Amber Pollack-Berti
Make Design Easy with this Vibrant Pantone 2022 Palette!
Seeing an old room in a new way Ever since quarantine started, I’ve been using our home’s guest bedroom as my home office. I wedged my desk up against the window with a view, and the rest of the room was the queen-sized guest bed. I made it work, but it wasn’t great. Then my […]
Painting in Plague Times with a Virtual Paint Party
How it all got started: This isn’t my first (or last) hobby. But like the rest, they all start with nearly the same intent: seems like fun, will give it a try. It was the Summer of 2020 and my work team wanted to do an event together–yet remotely for social-distancing reasons. My leader arranged […]
How my kid’s Kindergarten teacher changed my life (aka learning the Growth Mindset)
It was Fall of 2017, and it was time for my eldest child to go to Kindergarten. A big step for both of us, and I was fixing to do as much “right” as I could when it came to my kids schooling–short of joining the PTA because Type A Amber would end up going […]
Tastes that taste great together: Hybrid Business Ideas
True story, I took it as a 100% certain sign that I should buy the house in walking distance to a Starbucks. I’m unabashedly basic. The vision in my head of walking out my front door and minutes away picking up the first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season? Locality and sugary coffee: two great tastes […]
Storing geraniums over winter
There is something pretty special about keeping a plant alive for more than a season. Don’t get me wrong: I love the freedom of picking annuals each year knowing they will die. But some plants are worth caring for long term, maybe because you are trying to save money (for other plants, right?). Maybe because […]
Hot Sauce – Punishing your taste buds, spicing up your life
There’s a lot of ways folks make themselves feel more ALIVE. Maybe it’s something incredibly painful, like training for a marathon. Or maybe it’s something risky,
Hello world! How you growing?
Hello World! We’re going explore what it’s like to be human (not normal) and I’m so glad you’re here!
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