Brown dog with ears up peering out of shadowed doorway. The skin of my hands; the skin of her back; the beat in my chest; the long pause. Her breath, shuddering. There are so many things I found impossible to put into words last year. I massage a woman’s back with a feather-light touch as […]
A snippet of Lynda Barry‘s inspiring book What It Is. If you’re curious what the best way is to announce your already-obvious absence, I would recommend writing a journal-style blog post. Here’s my take on it. Working two jobs came to a head for me this month; when my body was in one place, my […]
I’ve been treating this year as if it were my last (on earth, that is, not just my last in college). Sometimes that’s a positive – when it spurs me to try out for new things and make new connections and deflate the excess worry that builds in my chest when I feel overwhelmed. But […]
As you may (or may not) know, I do not celebrate Christmas. Although I could celebrate it in a secular way, the holiday has never really held that much appeal for me. However, I do know that it is a day of great joy and festiveness for a lot of people, thus there’s a general […]