Be A Heart Blog

Etty Hillesum.

Etty Hillesum is my first choice for someone who teaches me how to “be a heart” in my new series that I explained earlier here. A few years ago, I read her diary, which I highly recommend. She was ...

A New Be A Heart Series.

Through a series of events, and most recently a friend sending me the Ted talk “Start with Why,” I have been pondering why “be a heart.” I look at it all the time, but I’m not sure I really embody ...

The Sibling/Roommate Model.

A sweet photo recently found by our cousin, Laura. When we tell people that we are siblings and that we live together we get hilarious reactions. Most people exclaim that they would kill their sibl...

Dresser Inspiration.

My heart still leaps a bit when I see a gorgeous mid century wood dresser with a planted pot. I just love the way the lines are so clean on the dressers. And I’m thrilled that I get to wake up to o...

The Untethered Soul.

If you learn to stay open at all times, great things will happen to you. You simply have to learn not to close. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself In relation to my post the other day...

Christmas Preparation.

Yesterday was the first day of Advent. I remembered a talk that I heard a couple of years ago so I dug out my old notebook. It helps me each year to prepare for Christmas. He said that advent is a ...

DIGDEEP’s Water Council Dinner

It was such a privilege to design the Water Council Dinner to raise money for DigDeep and their Navajo Water Project. The event was held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club last Saturday and we raised...

How does it feel to be a heart? — Hafiz

My friend gave me a book last year for my birthday (it will be my birthday again in 3 days. yikes!) and I had it on my bookshelf here in LA. She pulled it out last night while we were cooking dinne...

Erica’s Calligraphy Toolbox

When I began practicing calligraphy, I struggled to find a concise source of the tools that I needed. I spent so much money on the wrong tools that now just take up space on my desk. At first I sta...

The beginning…

My brother came to visit me in New York in July. It was the first time in years that we got to spend so much time together and we were getting excited because we had plans to move to Los Angeles to...