It Gets Better
The world felt wide and untouched and while I was scared to hope, I wanted to believe that this was the part where I would find the joy.
Less, Please
Poetry is hard work, and mostly I forget it exists.
The Perfect Summer Meal
They won’t need the little bit of butter you’ll add when they’re done but you’ll add it anyway.
On Losing a Pet
There’s still a bit of wildness in them that we can never control.
Nostalgia Content
We can be forgiven, perhaps, for imagining the past as it is recorded to be both graspable and comprehensive.
On Change
I wanted a table again.
Twenty-Nine and Counting
I carry a nostalgia the rest of the day that aches from the reality that some lives have been lived and some friendships have blurred.
The Place Where I’ll Be Buried
It was a joke when I turned to my sister and asked, “I dunno, do you wanna share a spinsters’ grave with me?”
There and Back Again—A Review
I, too, am a member of the convenience cult.
My Second Education
YouTube democratized intellectual pursuits, complicated ideas, and real academic debates.
