Blog Posts

You can eat dandelions, but I don’t recommend it

By Kate Blackwood / May 31, 2026

Thrive: Dandelions exemplify the concept

How to do a writing retreat without going anywhere

By Kate Blackwood / March 31, 2026

Last week, I transformed my own home into a writing residency. I re-framed my usual views out my office and kitchen windows and asked myself: would I spend a week here, writing?

Using the Chicago Marathon to learn quantum complexity

By Kate Blackwood / November 18, 2025

Seeing the same race from so many different angles made me think that every one of the runners, from the winners and national record setters to the mid-packers to the last finishers had some kind of a connection to every other one.

The butterflies are stalking me

By Kate Blackwood / September 30, 2025

I couldn’t get away from butterflies this month. They were suddenly everywhere, so I started to pay attention.