Apparently (definitely) after you give birth, all of the estrogen and progesterone that have been making you crazy throughout pregnancy, making you sob over tiny eggplants at the grocery store, these hormones abruptly PLUMMET, but …
-
-
why I’m crying
-
The R word
If you’ve got a minute, or a Kindle, or eyes, or 11 bucks, or all of them, definitely check out Ibram’s How to be an Anti Racist. I’m really loving digging into his brain. He …
-
Post-Covid Theater’s Vaccine
ATTN EVERY AMERICAN THEATER: when coughs are no longer weapons and the feeling of your shoulder against a stranger’s coat isn’t terrifying, and you open your doors again, PLEASE LET IT BECAUSE YOU ARE PRESENTING …
-
What I Know
I don’t claim to have or fully grasp the Solution, and I also don’t claim to know what it’s like to be a police officer who must at one time be a social worker, mental …
-
how know you’re 97
After a much needed 5:30 PM post-work power nap, you take a moment, actually a long SERIES of moments, to gaze lovingly at your new teapot that you ordered to match the pepper shaker that …
-
Prized Possessions
House Cat THIS RECORD WHICH I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO FORGET THAT I HAD, only to see it’s spine shouting at me from the shelf a few days ago, and now it’s all that I Hear. …
-
there is nothing like a dame
Earlier this week, I found myself getting my hair done next to a stunningly beautiful woman, like a woman beautiful not because of makeup, but because of inner life glow, alive eyes, white white teeth …
-
BOWELS OF THE DARK WEB
Last night, deep in the trashcan of the Internet, I stumbled across this heinous, vile (BEAUTIFUL) thing called Couples Acroyoga, in which COUPLES DO YOGA CRAZY YOGA POSES ON EACH OTHER AND ALSO KISS: Do …
-
A Bird on the Hand
Yesterday, while surrounded by the comforts of the controlled environment in which I live, I found myself thinking about how rarely I step out of my comfort zone. MAYBE I take risks while writing? PERHAPS? …
-
BEST 27
Once again, I choose not to limit my year in review to a mere nine pictures, because I mean, there were just too many Cakes. Honestly even the happiest moments of this year feel slightly …