Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship. ~Dorothy Parker Sometimes I am so goddamned insecure I disgust myself....

I am writing for my life. I am writing into my life. I am writing because of my life. I am trying to survive just like every other human,...

Yesterday morning I walked with my friend. It's been a busy summer, so I've had fewer opportunities to catch up while perambulating...

The hibiscus, or hibiscuit as my daughter used to call it, startled me this morning. It bloomed overnight or perhaps with the sunrise. Up...

In a recent episode of my favorite podcast, "We Can Do Hard Things," the hosts discuss the etymology of the word "responsible." Viktor...

This picture is me when I threw up my hands a few minutes ago and metaphorically said "Fuck it!" and let my children do screen time...

When I was in college, I used to think that the poem Eurydice by HD was about a defiant woman, scorned by a lover and forced to turn...

Friends invited me to visit a garden today. It's a place of rare plants, sculptures, and ponds built over the bones of an old New England...

I wonder: how often do other people think, "This life is unbearable," and then push through to the next moment? What is the statistical...

Sometimes I make the mistake of reading my old posts. They often make me cringe. But today, instead of berating myself, I'm trying to...

Friday night a friend and I took B to her first concert. We saw Allison Russell perform on a beautiful summer evening with a waxing moon...

Being a human is so complicated. how to sort emotions what to show and what to hide am i impelled or compelled examine it then ignore or...

I swam in a pond yesterday. The weather alternated from rainy to cloudy to rainy to finally sunny. Since there was no thunder, we swam...

Earlier today I wrote about my goals. So far, so good. C transitioned well from his screentime this morning and then asked me to join him...

I was a bit of a brat last night. I criticized my husband for not having a better attitude (ironic) and then lost my temper with my...

C, after Alice the dog ate a box of Cheese Its and fell asleep: "They must have had a very soporific effect." Random grandma at local ice...

Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets. ~ Albert Einstein and Those who have the...

The children and I ran into my father at the dump yesterday. I am more likely to see him at the transfer station or post office than I am...

Last night I dreamt over and over again about my endless thirst. In my dream, I'd drink a glass of water but, because my thirst wasn't...

Self-censor, hold back, restrain, curtail desire. What is the distinction between being inhibited and being polite? Or being inhibited...