Lisa Yoder

Category: local

  • 2/17/17 // It’s a good week

    I’m trying to be better at marking the good things that happen every week. It can be hard, especially with the onslaught of alarming news over the last few weeks (months?), so as an act of self-care, I’ve decided to keep a list of good things that happen each week. Sometimes I’ll share them here.…

  • This is Not Normal, But Let’s Take Care of Ourselves

    It’s been a wild few weeks, hasn’t it? [EDIT: Correction. It’s been two weeks. Only two weeks. 👀] I’ve been wanting to write and share here, but I wasn’t sure what to say. I’m sad and angry, but I’m also grateful for the responses in places like Philly and Lancaster. I’m proud of and grateful…

  • Moving to Lancaster

    Big things are happening. A few months ago, I posted my Philly Bucket List — things I wanted to do before leaving Philly. I wasn’t sure what the timeline on that would really be, but it seems to be happening now. We’ve been in kind of a holding pattern for the past year or so. We…

  • Float On: Depriving My Senses

    Back in undergrad at Penn State, our friend Jeff told us about this crazy thing he’d learned about — sensory deprivation tanks. Basically, he explained, you climb into a small, pitch black pool filled with really salty water the same temperature as your skin, and float there, in the silence and the dark for an…

  • Writing a Philly Bucket List

    Philly has been really good to us these past few years. I’m not sure if it’s the time of year, the phase of life we’re in, or if it’s really just time to change something up. We’re entertaining thoughts of what’s next. Even if we don’t make a move anytime soon, I decided to come…

  • Taking stock of Philly Tech Week

    Philly Tech Week is a full week of celebrating and showcasing the amazing things happening in the tech scene, highlighting areas and topics surrounding technology, including accessibility, entrepreneurship, media, entertainment, and civic issues, among others.  Having access to Philly Tech Week is one of my favorite things about living in this city. It’s amazing to…