The Doomsday Clock
the Clock has given vent to a slowly spiraling sense of despair.
Canadian Thanksgiving
No parades or football games or absurd shopping sales muddle the meaning.
Sirius
Astronomy is thought of as the future or the cutting edge, but it studies slow processes and ancient objects.
Airports
Cruelty and its cousin insensitivity are not surprising in an airport. Kindness is.
Pigeons
Maybe they’re petty annoyances for most city dwellers, but they are an undeniable force of life populating nearly every major city in the world.
Eating Gluten-Free
Getting enough daily protein is no easy feat, rainbow chard isn’t half bad, and chocolate makes me a much, much happier person.
Garlic
We returned home in the early evening of that fateful September Saturday reeking, having taste-tested garlic knots, garlic fudge, garlic mustards and dips, cheeses and cheese curds, nuts and nut butters, vinegars, pickles, and hot sauces.
Invisible Ink
One more thing to die of in a ruthless, bloody war: beautiful magenta ink on a love letter.
Triscuits
I did, in fact, want to feel like I was eating a wicker basket.
Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality itself doesn’t have the capacity to inspire passion, to push boundaries, to ignite change.
