I was writing a couple of cards tonight to mail in the morning (saving the USPS one stamp at a time, uffda), and started having […]
Respite
Stress was mounting this week, culminating for me in a webinar I was anxious about hosting. (That was certainly not the most stressful thing, but […]
Imperfect, but still good
It’s been a tough Monday for no other reason than sometimes Mondays are tough and it’s a struggle to get out of your head, or […]
Porcelain
In the summer of 2015 my friend Jenna and I started a collection of writing prompts we titled “Highland Drive”, named for the street we […]
Hydrate
Refill your cup And up and up and up Pour it on out And out and out and out But as you hydrate the world […]
Rejuvenation
Rejuvenation this weekend looked like a mock-Alamo Drafthouse night with my friends, Gerry & Madeline — the only two people I’ve let into my social […]
Clean Slate
My notebook papers stuck to my wall with packing tape are curling in on each other now. Five weeks of hanging my habits in front […]
Listen
There’s this great episode in Avatar: The Last Airbender where Prince Zuko has a major freak out (i.e. identity crisis) and gets super ill and […]
Pop Rocks
We’re at that point in quarantine where, for better or for worse, the smallest joys can feel like miracles. Perhaps I shouldn’t call them small. […]
Roller Coaster
I used to describe my depression as a bad carnival ride I could not get off — not because there wasn’t an exit, but because […]