My drinking to excess has taken a noticeable (and healthy) downswing this year, but sometimes I plan for it. Times like last night, when I’m […]
The Nap
My mother is a much better nap-taker than I am for many reasons, but mainly that she actually takes naps. And partially become she has […]
Anxiety
Anxiety is spindly, spider-like, coated in dripping pitch that stains the floor, the walls, the ceiling as it thrashes and slows then slams itself against […]
The Ivy Lee Method
There’s a prevalent conversation at work right now about productivity on both an individual scale, sure, but more so on an organizational level: 1) how […]
Coaching My Third-Grade Self
When I was in third grade I got asked by my teacher to go give something — a folder maybe — to another teacher during […]
Writing Update: Google Searches
I’m working through the draft, fixing a few smaller things at first since, once again, the bulk of the rewriting lift will happen in the […]
28 for Lin
For my friend Lin, on their twenty-eighth birthday. I don’t remember meeting you other than it was at Quidditch practice which is a good sign […]
Some to Show
I approach it with a vegan leather notebook Hand-etched with a quote about magic Those who don’t believe in it Never find it And throw […]
The Power to Give Back
My wrist and shoulder are both sore this evening after spending the morning scraping paint off house siding and before painting a fresh coat in […]
Benefit Finding
Yesterday I participated in a half-day workshop at work for our women’s group: Camp Atta Girl! The company usually puts on full-day retreats for women […]