Snail Saga, Pt. 1: Carl Sagan the Ukrainian Mail-Order Snail
myhappysnails.com had assured me: “There is no smell in the place where snails live in.”
Little Women, Bieber, and Thou
As Smith, Buber, and Gerwig remind me, we cannot be fully actualized people to everyone we meet
The Same, The Truth
We tell the stories as we want to know them, withholding the details that would round them into truth.
To All the Twenties I’ve Been Before
Dear twenty-seven-year-old Caroline,
Quit your job.
Frozen, Again
Like so many great dynasties before it, Disney’s empire is built on a chorus of tiny voices.
On the Way
Days like these, I can’t follow a podcast, and music sounds too loud, the tempo much faster than I remembered, the lyrics and storytelling much less compelling.
Pros and Cons
That’s a heavy con for Madison (Pros: Government job benefits, Roommate Night with my best friends, a church that has become home, cheese).
Life After the Second Year
What if we chose to invest like we’ll be here for ten years or more, and that investment became a reality?
This Is America
Just the smile of someone who is in on the secret.
The Orchestra of Evolution
The first thing you should know about cranes is that they don’t like to be ignored.
