Falling madly

Back in April, I decided I was getting a divorce and moved to Portland.

Despite my fears when making this jump, I’ve experienced nothing but total support and love from the people who care about me. (There have been people who have been notably absent, but frankly, I’ll take…

The Cool Girl and the Good Feminist ™

You were a burgeoning feminist. I mean, you’d always believed in equality of the sexes and were nominally a feminist, but you used to think that it wasn’t such a big deal any more. You were a Strong Woman and men couldn’t tell you what to do and things were mostly…

Love and iPhones, Lost and Found

I meet him at the Apple store in SoHo, one of the busiest on the planet, where I’ve gone to buy a new phone. I lost mine, the night before, in a drunken stupor. He’s a Genius in one of those tell-tale blue shirts, and he looks to be around 30, my age, with blue eyes…

A person’s guide to dating in 2015 (and beyond)

Learning About Love from Pets and Children

I’ve been pondering lately why I find it so easy to immediately feel love for every…

Still, We Swipe

The problem with writing about Tinder is that it is easy to get distracted. Log in for research purposes, and the next thing I know, it’s been 30 minutes and my thumb is sore. Number of times I’ve been on Tinder since I started working on this essay: at least 20. Number of matches in that time: 28…

Online Dating Never Became Cool, Society Just Changed Its Definition Of Uncool (Part 2)

Tales From The Fish Pond

A number of months ago I decided to engage in a social experiment by joining an online dating site which shall remain nameless but can probably be gleaned from the title of my post. I noticed a number of phenomenas/complications that were not a thing when I was dating before I met my…

The State of Love — Florida

I love to write when I’m flying. There’s something in the magic of flight that lends the mind to thinking of…

Thoughts on Rejection

Ahhhh, rejection…why is it so hard to receive sometimes?