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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 11, 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 7, 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 18, 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


Paradise Found: Chocolate Macadamia "Island" Cookies
"I get way too excited about Martha's vegan cookies, my favorite being the macadamia chocolate chip! As a long time vegan, I've had many...
Oct 5, 2017


It Wasn't My Party, I Can Cry if I Want to
As I try to keep my writer's inspiration in tact through these ever-complicating times of political change, surprise, and affliction, I...
Sep 13, 2017


From the Classroom to the Kitchen: Wholesome Pecan Spice Cookies
At first these cookies were just another one of my alternative baking experiments, which refer more heavily to my intuition than to...
Sep 10, 2017
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