TWENTY SOMETHING I’ve always appreciated the notion of self-care in an Oprah Winfrey, hot-baths-and-expensive-chocolates kind of way. We work so hard, the thinking goes, that we deserve a break here and there. So splurge on that full-price gift-to-yourself. Book the massage. Binge on the new season. This philosophy is easy to get behind. But it […]
Christina Capecchi: This side of heaven
TWENTY SOMETHING It all started with a lost birth certificate. The Holy Spirit was at work that day and hasn’t slowed down since. My aunt Jan has always known she was adopted, and the many mysteries surrounding that reality had never haunted her. She raised her daughters near St. Paul, Minn., her husband’s hometown, and […]
Christina Capecchi: Pursuing less to live more
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Haley Stewart (@haleycarrots) TWENTY SOMETHING Haley Stewart stared at the publish button and froze. It’s nerve racking to announce big news, and this, in particular, had the potential to raise eyebrows. The title of the blog post stared back at her, boldface, unblinking: “When You Leave […]
Christina Capecchi: Breaking up with your phone
TWENTY SOMETHING Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I’ve been emailing my friend Becky, a newspaper editor in South Dakota, about our growing desire to unplug. We used to compare notes on “Dancing With the Stars,” but lately we’re both watching less TV. “My eyes have started to reject going from screen to screen,” she emailed […]
Christina Capecchi: Flowers for Mary
TWENTY SOMETHING Janet Easter is experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions as she arranges a bouquet in her backyard, and she is unfazed. “I’m having contractions, which is hilarious,” she says, stripping the leaves off a hydrangea in one swift stroke. It’s 80 degrees on a Friday afternoon in a Pittsburgh suburb, and Janet is glowing, her […]
Christina Capecchi: Oh, Susanna! Power of baby names
TWENTY SOMETHING The big news from the Social Security Administration is the ousting of a champion: Liam has dethroned Noah as the nation’s most popular boy name. This was the headline of its newly released baby-name report, an annual synthesis of Social Security card applications from the past year that offers a fascinating cultural statement […]
Christina Capecchi: Telling our stories, knowing for sure
TWENTY SOMETHING When Oprah Winfrey was first asked the question, the talk-show queen was left tongue-tied. She was doing a live television interview with the late film critic Gene Siskel to promote her film “Beloved,” and he concluded by asking, “Tell me, what do you know for sure?” “I got all flustered and started stuttering […]
Christina Capecchi: Learning from the Angel of The Gap
TWENTY SOMETHING Little did he know what a noble purpose awaited him when Don Ritchie settled into a house on Old South Head Road back in 1964. The former Navy seaman and retired salesman was eager to soak in the stunning view with his wife: an ocean cliff at Watsons Bay in Eastern Sydney known […]
Christina Capecchi: On cracked knuckles and self-care: a resolution for 2018
TWENTY SOMETHING The themes emerge predictably. When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, we gravitate toward the biggies: get healthy, get organized, get a life. We vow to travel more, read more, save more and volunteer more. We conjure visions of the expansive, to live life to the fullest. Scan Twitter and you’ll find a […]
Christina Capecchi: The art of giving, the challenge of Advent
TWENTY SOMETHING Oprah Winfrey sings and claps when presented with the $69 lunch box that makes her 2017 “Favorite Things” list. “I looooove!” she belts out in mock falsetto. She doesn’t need to finish her sentence by naming the object of her love. It is expansive, and today, in a video of the selection process […]
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