On Living Happily During the War
I train the hose on our seedlings and think about the rains that have failed over and over again in parts of the Horn of Africa.
My Rebellions
And you know what? I regret nothing.
HPC Hipsters
“Better, we thought, to wait out the clock than go looking for new friends.”
Moving Together Without Drifting Apart
Your spouse may ask if you really need all these books and couldn’t you get rid of some? The only permissible answer to such an insult is “I don’t understand the question and I won’t respond to it.”
Mary Kajiwara’s Hundredth Birthday
When everyone gathered around her and started singing “Happy Birthday” in a key far too high, she knew to blow out the candles.
A Good Book Can
A good book can fill you with an odd evangelistic urge to press its pages into someone else’s hands.
Phenotypes of Funny
They don’t smile much, they hate small talk, and you get the sense that they are mentally preparing themselves for an imminent apocalypse.
Overstimulated
I type fast, scroll fast, work fast.
Bicycles, Pizza, and Mail Order Ministry
As it turned out, carb loading for thirtysomethings is rather different to carb loading for teens.
Pizza and Other Unexpected Delights
With a soundless slap, the pizza was on my windshield.
