50 Things That Make Me Feel Normal
I had a few of those days when I felt a little bit out of kilter. When I was driving from yoga on Saturday, I started making this list in … Read More
Tag: Love-ish-ness
A love story.
One Good Word for 2020: Cry
For Karen, The Harbinger But baby I’ve been here before, I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya … Read More
Yes. You Can Definitely Stop By
In my dream last night, I was at home with the kids (naturally not at any house I’ve ever lived in or recognize!), when a thing I love happened. People … Read More
Talking to Strangers
Meeting people can be tough. This great landscape of unknown, a gap of nothingness between us to fill with “small talk.” This is a glass is half empty approach to … Read More
Make LOVE the word of the year for 2019
(and make it an action word) 2018 was pretty rough right? I’m not down for resolutions… and even though a Burning Bowl ceremony sounds pretty cool, that’s not my bag … Read More
Every Time I Think I’m Home
If I left somewhat suddenly (after 11 years) or you were surprised, then I think maybe you weren’t paying attention. Every time I think I’m home, something changes my mind. … Read More
An Ode to Sally, on her 50th
Who is Sally thinking about today? Her daughters. Her friends. Faith. Her mom. Dan, of course. On any given Friday, Sally jumps to the beat of love. Sally moves to … Read More
How to Love a Day Like Today
In the face of the senseless Las Vegas shooting, how do we get through a day like today? I felt frozen most of the day, the horror buttressed by the … Read More
Love is a Fingerprint
Love is a fingerprint Shared between Exactly two people– Nothing repeats. No coda, no lookalike No twin affair possible– Replicated or paraphrased– Later in life. My heart knows the Vinegar … Read More
You see a light & then another
You started not to like me. At first you thought: It’s not him. It’s me. It’s the Chemo, the kids, the stress, my weight. Drugs ended. Hair grew back. Boobs rebuilt. … Read More
An Ode to Frida, on a Monday
Across the Gulf from La Casa Azul, this Monday Late morning I am thinking of you, Frida. My sister’s just called and We Facetimed, her lying flat on her Back … Read More
A fitting tribute to artistic madness
Dali broke with the Surrealist movement Cuz they didn’t like that he got famous. Jealous bitches be like “yo Sal, Babe, ain’t no way to make, like, Art and also … Read More
It’s good to hug a person
Ten years ago I lived on Delaware Road in London. Colin had gotten himself half-addicted to internet poker (mostly because he understood the algorithms) and I, in an attempt to … Read More
The Hard Way
We’ve got two lives: one we’re given and the other one we make, And the world won’t stop, and actions speak louder Listen to your heart, and your heart might … Read More
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
I was visited by an old friend in my dream. In the dream, he was as physically real as I am right now. The scruff on his face. The sound … Read More