PinnedMember-onlyThe ApartmentAnna stood quietly at her spot next to the window in the second-story apartment, alert and at the ready, clutching a miniature spiral-bound notebook in one hand and a pencil in the other. She could observe the whole parking lot from here. And she did, several times a day, but…Moving17 min readMoving17 min read
Oct 23, 2022JengaI laid the final wooden rectangle atop my carefully-constructed pyre and stood back to admire my handiwork. “Okay, it’s ready!” I called. I looked around expectantly. Crickets. John had gone to the bar to buy a round. Bobby and Len were standing nearby, busily quoting YouTube videos I’d never seen…Male Privilege6 min readMale Privilege6 min read
Sep 2, 20227 Days in Mexico: Holbox and CozumelThis summer, I traveled to Mexico at the beginning of July, spending three nights in Holbox and four nights in Cozumel. …Travel18 min readTravel18 min read
May 27, 2022Member-onlyLove*Originally written in response to the prompt, “Bloom,” from Wild Greens Magazine.* I watched your angry back retreat before me and inhaled sharply as I reached for your phone. I grabbed it, hesitated, and felt the plastic case go slippery under suddenly sweating fingers. Ew. I waited. The shower blasted…Relationships5 min readRelationships5 min read
Mar 20, 2022Akureyri*Originally published in Wild Greens Dec 2021* Somehow, despite the wind, we chattered merrily, just like two best friends who hadn’t seen each other for a year. Or maybe I did most of the chattering. Maybe that’s why I don’t remember the wind stealing the words from our ears with…Short Story5 min readShort Story5 min read
Mar 8, 2022A New Year*Originally Published in Wild Greens magazine January 2022* “There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you’d been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you’re suspended…Short Story5 min readShort Story5 min read
Feb 28, 2022BermudaIt was a sunny day in Bermuda. Of course, every day was sunny, in Bermuda. She smiled and let her elbows slip through the silken sand until she had only to tilt her chin toward the sun to feel her long dark hair — sun-kissed now — spool onto the…Bermuda3 min readBermuda3 min read
Feb 28, 2022There has been a new sign-in to your Moogle accountHi There! We noticed a new sign-in to your Moogle account at 6:01pm on Monday, 2/21/22. As previously reported, we also noticed sign-ins at 12:36pm, 12:48pm, 1:05pm, 1:10pm, 1:34pm, 1:56pm, 2:22pm, 2:23pm, 2:50pm, 3:18pm, 3:28pm, 3:31pm, 3:36pm, 3:44pm, 4:11pm, 4:42pm, 5:03pm, 5:05pm, 5:09pm, 5:20pm, 5:27pm, 5:43pm, 5:53pm and 5:59pm on…Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
Oct 29, 2021The Millennial DictionaryDespite the fact that it’s 2021 and the average millennial is 35 years of age, a high percentage of the elderly continue to claim utter mystification when it comes to millennial speech patterns. While this author suspects willful miscomprehension more often than not, the following publication has been designed to…Millennials4 min readMillennials4 min read
Oct 5, 2021Ballet After 35When I was 28 or 29, I started a dance blog with a friend that we called “Ballet After 30.” My friend was just over 30 and shared a similar background to mine; we had both trained at pre-professional ballet schools until young adulthood but ultimately left ballet behind to…Ballet6 min readBallet6 min read
