Empty Backpacks and Untouched Bowls

October 2000

“Eat your mac and cheese. It’s getting cold.”

I stare at my bowl. My appetite is gone. My little brother devours his with ease while sitting in front of the TV, fixated on animated storylines that I have…

Aunt Miriam

I came out as a lesbian when I was twenty-one years old, but this story is not about that time I came out, it’s about a different time…

What #GaryJohnson, #BasementDwellers and #TrumpTaxes Tells Us

Falling in Love — Part 1: The Meeting

Dear Darling.

Dear Darling,

I didn’t want to wake you as I left this morning, you looked so peaceful. This is my literary…

Don’t be someone else’s MVP

There are two businesses that deliver food in my city. They have very different business models. I think one…

How sobriety reminds me how crazy I am

On October the 9th I will be two months sober. That’s it. Only two months. It feels like a…

We Never Get Off The Ground

I have this recurring dream that you’re a pilot and we’re sitting in a paper airplane together.

JAPAN, DAY TWO

A day for my dad.

America’s Food: Bacon

My favorite food in the entire world. Juicy, crispy, fatty: I love bacon. Sure, all bacon is good bacon, but not all…

Horror Realness: The Exorcist reminds me of Overalls

How to Make Your Vote Count 3 Times in 2016

I think I finally understand what all the various pundits, journalists, and…

Looming Disaster? Y2K Preparedness at all time low…