by Monica Wiant | Mar 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m writing from the passenger seat of our Prius, driving through a cloudless twilight in western Minnesota. We are en route to Fargo to visit my family. A fresh mix CD is in the stereo, the snow is quietly melting into the farmland, and it’s a...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I still remember the moment I found out about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It was 2009, and I was in San Francisco, talking to a man who had made it his personal and professional mission to help people and companies comprehend the environmental devastation caused...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
A week ago, I promised that I would write every day for 40 days. It’s harder than I expected it would be. Some days, I sit down to write and the words pour across the screen like they were already written, tucked away somewhere, just ready to come out and...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was at the keyboard, trying to think of a blog topic, when my cat, Rosie, jumped onto my lap. I moved her to the floor and resumed staring at the blank screen and trying to think of a topic. Rosie jumped back onto my lap. I moved her to the floor. Her brother, Max,...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am not good at waiting for things.I take brownies out of the oven while they’re still gooey.I touch things before my nail polish is dry.I believe that Christmas gifts may be opened anytime in the Decemberish season.Waiting for spring is very, very hard for me,...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Mommy, why does your belly look like that?”My 3-year-old son, Felix, asks me this question while I’m getting dressed. He puts his little hands right below my belly button and gently pushes, perhaps to see if it’s as squishy as it...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
I got the dreaded notification: My iCloud storage is full.My first impulse is to buy more storage, though I wonder if I’m like a hoarder renting a new storage unit: Am I avoiding a deeper problem? Do I need to get better at letting go?I teased one of my friends...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today, Evie played in her first piano recital. She and a handful of other young musicians visited a local senior center and played for the residents. Evie was the youngest performer there, and I was so proud of her.Watching her perform brought back memories. It...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Buckle your seatbelts, folks. Today, I begin 40 days of blogging.But, wait! Isn’t Lent the time when Christians simplify their lives and say farewell to things like chocolate or Facebook?I admit, I’m stretching a bit. Lent is the season of solemnity,...
by Monica Wiant | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
“If you want to learn journalism, work for a small town newspaper.””The sky is bluer out west.”These two ideas took hold of me 15 years ago, in my senior year of college. The first was shared by a professor, the second by my friend during a...
