At the end of 2013 I interviewed for a job I wanted very badly. The job was an editorial position at a well-known media company, and I’d…
When I first moved to Steamboat Springs, I was six years old. I started school in the fall and spent most of my first year…
The summer I was 25 I spent many of my days writing advice columns for teenage boys and a very few of my evenings trying to determine…
When I was a little girl, I had a copy of D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths. I don’t remember how many times I read it, only that I read it enough…
For a very long time I kept stock of the slights I had endured at the hands of others. Regardless of whether the insults were intentional or…
The hills to the east reflected the setting sun and turned a deep plum. Above them stretched a thin gauze of clouds, as…
I remember the first time I ever fell in love. It turned spring into a fairytale. The windows sparkled, the new sky was so blue, the last apples of…
It is a Thursday evening and I am in a yoga class. It is warm in the studio, a steady 85 degrees by the thermostat and likely more…
I had a boyfriend once who loved The Police more than any other band. When he was in his late 30s, he bought us expensive tickets for seats in…
Sometimes, when it is night time and I am alone in my house, I stand in my bathroom with only one light on and look at my eyes in…
