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Be quick with the details. They run fast like small children. Seize them by the sleeve, hook their hood, grip a hand. Grab hold of what...
May 31, 2019


My Morning Web: A short and honest commitment of truth to the page.
I wanted to uncurl into the new day like a cat or a wave. But waking up today felt like swatting away spider webs—Obstacles that you...
May 31, 2019


Words Written on World Turtle Day
As I tossed back my morning dose of Instagram posts and memes, I came across a national geographic photograph of the river terrapin...
May 23, 2019


Stop in the name of imperfection: Edit what you tell yourself before helping others.
“Perfect lets you stall, ask more questions, do more reviews, dumb it down, safe it up and generally avoid doing anything that might...
May 10, 2019
The conspiracies we author: Empathizing with the universal impulse to spin tales instead of truth.
Last Wednesday I read this New Yorker article exploring the history and present implications of conspiracy theories in America...
May 6, 2019


The Multi-Layered Moment: a frosting-inspired reflection on history and her happiness.
As I spread the buttercream frosting from the belly of the Boheme cake to its outermost edge, a habitual worry cut the silence between my...
Apr 22, 2019


Monuments or Madeleines: Remembering a Life.
Kneeling against the sun-warmed marble of Marcel Proust's tombstone at Pere Lachaise Cemetery, a quote that had buried itself in the tomb...
Apr 16, 2019


Reflections on impermanence
"We're all going to die, all of us. What a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and...
Jul 17, 2018


The rightness in being wrong
“It’s worth remembering that for any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something. If you’re sitting there, miserable...
Jul 17, 2018


Change is a place to stay
Sitting by the half-turned trees, as green to their season as me, restless yet rooted in the breeze, I realize change is not a verb, but...
Oct 20, 2017
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