Parenting The Little WildsIt was just one dead bird, but everything feels different with a baby in a house — softer and yet sharper all at once.Apr 11Apr 11
My Baby Monitor Made Me Question RealityIn the baby industrial complex, knowledge is not only power — it is control. Or at least the hallucination of it.Mar 271Mar 271
My Journey Toward GraceWhen I finally cupped this tiny 5-pound 12-ounce miracle in my hands, I began to lose her. But I see now: she was never mine to begin with.Aug 24, 202414Aug 24, 202414
Miranda Priestley KitchenomicsNo woman in the real estate market is an island. A granite, waterfall kitchen island, that is. Aug 14, 2024Aug 14, 2024
Two Points Make A LineThe poetry of this second trip is entirely accidental and unplanned, as good poetry often is.Jan 11, 20245Jan 11, 20245
Is Masculinity a Two-Gallon Tub of Mayo?What’s the deal with men and Costco? What megaton elixir has Costco brewed to bewitch the middle-aged male imagination?Aug 1, 202320Aug 1, 202320
Dinner’s Tiny Tyranny: An Ode to My Mother“What’s for dinner?” is the tiny tyrant that haunts me, the drab drumbeat of adulthoodApr 14, 20231Apr 14, 20231
The Metaphysics of MadewellEven while shopping for jeans, I don’t want to cop to my extant skin bag.Mar 22, 20234Mar 22, 20234
The Most Existential Place on EarthIf money extraction were a sport, Disney would be LeBron James.Feb 19, 202351Feb 19, 202351
On (Not) Teaching & Dark SkiesPerhaps we matter because, simply, we are matter.Nov 2, 202232Nov 2, 202232
