…DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED…

— a refugee story

I Have To Ask, I’ll Never Know

On Being New to New Orleans

10 Things I Would Love to Tell my 13-Year-Old Self

In the coming years, do things that scare you. Be…

Learn To Code Before You’re Done Reading This Blog Post

And Now We Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Amnesia

As we approach the 10th anniversary of the day the levees broke, I am reminded of the primary emotion that ruled my feelings in the years that followed: Anger. The years have loosened its grip on me, but the widespread media coverage of…

Dear Harper and the Heartbreaking In-Between

Dear Harper (the future rebellious teenage daughter),

Coming Out, Casually

I realize that what I’m about to talk about comes from a place of privilege; I’m not suggesting that this is a good prescription for anyone else, because I have to acknowledge that I’m in a place of relative safety when it comes to alternative sexualities.

Hello/Goodbye To All That

I haven’t been able to write this for ten years.

Dear Harper, Mansion Nights and Cheesecake Epiphanies

Dear Harper,

What I Learned from Food Blogging — and Why I Quit