Report Card
On Wednesday, your child turned in a list of ideas for creative writing assignments instead of the assigned argument essay. On Friday, I collected a love note from your child to another student in the class. It said…
Going Green
Ten-foot-tall green letters shout 21+ MARIJUANA to every northbound vehicle on Martin Luther King Jr Way. The arrow that runs beneath the letters points across the street to a stubby building marked by a green cross. 21+ Recreational Marijuana! hangs in the front window.
How to Shop for Groceries in New York, Or, First World Problems
You do not get anything frozen, because your refrigerator sits under your counter, and the “freezer” area of it does not actually freeze anything.
Where Is Home?
The answer can act as a balm; even speaking the name can reseal the permanent connection to the fact that travelers are not always traveling,
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatheads
If you are reading this, congratulations. You received this from the past. You have the benefit of hindsight, recaps, twenty-four-hour news cycles.
Five Reasons English Rules the World
English’s hegemony is causing the rapid and irreversable death of less-spoken languages, and with the death of these langauges die rich histories and cultures.
Motherhood: Like Herding Cats
I sighed dramatically. “Cooper is so independent, now. It’s like I have to beg him to come snuggle with me. Except for when I go to the bathroom. He always follows me into the bathroom.”
Dear You
Kintsukuroi: (n.) (v.phr.)
“to repair with gold”; the art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
On Running from Goats (and Other Scary Things)
I hadn’t planned on landing in Bend, Oregon and instantly feeling like I had found home, but I did.
Orphan Day
Caroline and I lock eyes over Bea’s back: “Jackpot!”
