Memories of Mosquitoes and Maine
I’ve never been lost, alone, on a mountain in Maine. My dad prepared me too well for that.
Words That Bring Growth With Them
All of us still named the same reality.
‘We Were Liars’: A Review
It engages with a central human issue—invisibility and erasure—on personal, familial, and systemic levels.
Yet Another Confession About Weddings
I laughed at these wedding magazines, and implicitly, at the women who read them, until this year.
Promises
I remembered my baptism when I dipped my hand in the frigid blue water of a glacier, when I felt mist clinging to my face and dampening my clothes, when I watched the graceful, floating powdered sugar descent—deceptively powerful—of waterfall after waterfall after waterfall.
I Can’t Shut Up About My Shell Pot
The urge to stick shells to objects is nearly irresistible.
How to Give a Stranger Your Home Address
Small talk is the price one must pay to eventually become known.
So Many Beautiful Hours
I’ve marveled at the sun and the snow and the water and the trees because somehow I’m lucky enough to experience it all.
TikTok Is in Trouble, But Then, So Are We
To think that we can use social media without being influenced by it is the height of arrogance.
Outpourings and Opposable Digits
Have I mentioned yet that I love Sunday nights and that maybe I have a proprioception problem?
The Wreck You’re Watching May Be Your Own
Alienation and brokenness abound. Redemption, mercy, and grace do too, although seeing them may take microscopic attention.
If I Were a Ghost…
The assumption is that I would have unfinished business that necessitates ghostiness.
Simultaneity (or The Both/And)
July 3 was the day that more people than I can remember told me they loved me.
Lifeguard are NPCs, According to a Lifeguard Who Doesn’t Game
Notice people, watch them, and see what you learn.
