On Anger
Anger belongs to the relationships you care about, to the people you want to love and by whom you wish to be loved in return.
“What Can I Do if the Fire Goes Out?”
There’s the kind of grey that sucks in light like a black hole, making everything around it matte and dull. But then there’s the kind of grey that emits light and lifts rather than suppresses.
Firebug
You understand intuitively why people are drawn to burned-out houses. Even grandmothers.
Tread Less Lightly
We know our lives here are fleeting, but it’s the sort of knowledge we don’t care to call up that often—as if mortality were a somewhat shameful secret.
Sunsets Used to Mean Something (And Now They Do Again)
The sunset memories of my teens are seared. The sunset memories of my twenties are speckled.
Five Easy Steps to a Light Workout
Now that the pre-workout has worn off enough that you can stop running to escape the impending explosion of your beating heart, pull out some weights.
Indicator Lights for Luddites
I got a new car, but I don’t really get my new car.
An Anti-Ode to Overhead Lighting
Overhead lights were created by an evil mastermind to simulate the timelessness of a void.
Hometown Grocery Store
It is so comforting to return to a store I could navigate blindfolded.
Craig the Caramel Ghost
Someone—or something—keeps turning on the lights.
