Michelle Junot's Blog, page 2

A Long Goodbye

Today is a day when I wish words were enough to untangle all that has me wrapped in grief. As one of the youngest cousins out of the two plus dozen, I don’t have the same memories as all the older kids who stayed with maw in the nursery and elementary days. I don’t have ...

New Adventures Await

Sometimes, the next step in life is hard. Sometimes it feels really scary…But it’s still the next step, and you still have to take it.

On the 3rd Day of Christmas

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the 3rd day of Christmas, although I’m sorry to say I have no French hens to offer you. What I do have to offer are photos from my recent birthday celebration. In case you missed it, I turned 30 on December 12. I wrote a piece called “Reflections On Your ...

Reflections on Your 30th Birthday

One Today you turn 30. Happy Birthday! Two. Today is really no different than another other birthday, except that it is divisible by 10. And that feels a certain kind of way.  You aren’t just thirty. You are three decades old. You are three, times ten, times one years old. You are thirty babies learning ...

Giving Tuesday, the Valentine’s Day of Philanthropy

Today is #GivingTuesday! I’ve looked forward to this day each November for the last few years—and it isn’t just because my day job is in fundraising. Although, it would be fair to say that my position has allowed me to see what an impact a single day of giving can mean to an organization or ...

Cyber Monday, Double Birthdays, and Shameless Promotion

Hello Friends. If you missed my Thanksgiving post, please check that out here. If you’ve already read that and are fairly sure you don’t want to read it again for old times’ sake, proceed with the rest of this post. Notes From My Phone* officially turns two years old on Dec. 6. It’s a toddler ...

Grateful for Unmet Expectations

Happy Thanksgiving family, friends, and followers! No I’m not actually sitting at a writing desk today. When you’re reading this, I’m in a cabin near a lake, taking a much needed break from social media for a few days. But, by the power of robots and scheduling buttons, I’m able to share this from the ...

Halloween Holograms for Your Consideration

Alias. Crop tops. And the Venn diagram of our online personas.

Happy Halloween-Reading.

Michelle on the Last 4 Years of W&W

Originally posted on Writers & Words:
Milestones like birthdays and anniversaries offer us occasions to pause, reflect, and completely freak out about how quickly time has passed. Four years ago this month, I started what is now known as Writers & Words, a Baltimore reading series. For those of you who haven’t heard the story,…

Nine Cities, Five States, and No Idea What’s Next

Hey Fan People, In May, I traveled to nine cities (five states) in the space of three weeks. In June, I added one more annual business trip and a bonus stay at a resort on a whim, all in the name of clearing my head and regaining focus on the question at hand: What am ...