How to Tell a Story With a Gift

Interview with Maria-Joy — curator helping loved ones celebrate intimate life moments...including me on my wedding day 💐 (also: thoughts on…

Sep 13 • 

Vanessa Li

"It's not safe!" 15 Comments & Questions I Get As a Solo Female Traveler (Answered)

Hot takes on why I travel alone and how it's changed me.

Sep 9 • 

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August 2025

Soul of La Fortuna, Costa Rica: 4 Spots You’ll Fall in Love With

Rainforest Meanderings, Local Eateries, & Small-Business Stories

Aug 19 • 

Vanessa Li

5 Tips to Design your Travels Around Language-Learning

And reflections on my love affair with linguistics

Aug 14 • 

Vanessa Li

How Three Entrepreneurial Health Workers Are Shattering Period Taboos

Interview with Kamerie Crenshaw, Raven Mills, and Virginia Solis - Founders of Cycle Sisters Academy

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

The Myth of the Perfect Creative Space

Redefining creativity beyond aesthetics & mood lighting (& announcing a single spot for a paid subscriber to join us on a whimsical, creative playdate…

Jul 29 • 

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Painting Love & Holding Grief

On hospice visits and the moments that exist outside a beginning, middle, or end.

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

Welcome to A New Chapter of Tomatokind

Watch now | (And a huge thank you for making this work possible.)

Jun 25 • 

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"What star is that?" An amateur stargazer's epiphany on a dream life.

(plus a vivid 10-year vision/desire board for Tomatokind)

Jun 18 • 

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Inside the Brilliant Mind of Anna Sale: The Fearless Voice Behind ‘Death, Sex & Money

Host of Death, Sex, & Money and Author of “Let’s Talk About Hard Things”

Jun 9 • 

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May 2025

I Feel a Tenderness in My Soul

A piece about traveling with integrity and the symptoms of fleeting connections

May 31 • 

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I’m Going to Start Calling this the Vintage Sling Bag Effect.

Featuring an anecdotal character profile of my dad.

May 5 • 

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