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

Yesterday I was filled with rage and frustration, so I ran. Up the hill, through the gates, across the campus, and to my favorite local...

I don't know if I have five minutes or five and a half hours. I feel frenetic and overflowing. There's so much I must urgently write...

During torts class in law school I learned about the eggshell doctrine. It states that if someone is injured due to to another person's...

7/7/23 Today we went to the arcade. Like many modern amusements, including water parks and scratch-off tickets, this type of frivolous...

In Pooh Goes Visiting by A.A. Milne, Pooh visits his friend Rabbit. Pooh has a snack of course, and his round little belly gets stuck...

If we're going to go around labeling people, I like "nonconforming" much better. Disability is such a fraught term. At first, when I...

I imagine that if my life had a soundtrack, the majority of the score would be set to a frenetic 218 beats per minute. Tick tick tick...

It's been 11 days of post-school busy-ness. Another ear infection, a birthday party, equine therapy and occupational therapy, late...

There's a scene in This is 40 where Leslie Mann's character loses her shit at a 13-year old as he's walking to class. The boy has...

Yesterday B had her behavioral health checkup. Her anxiety and OCD are being successfully managed, thanks to therapy and a tiny amount of...

Today is the last day of school for B and C. It's a wrap on 3rd and K. Before I describe this morning, here's this year's data....

I'm not quite sure how this metaphor will unfold, but I've been thinking about automatons and the way I choose to live my life. The first...

What I'm gleaning from smart ladies with life experience: Need vs Want. The more honest you are with yourself The more honest you are...

This birthday weekend was one for the books. My son invited his entire kindergarten class to celebrate with me on Friday because he "knew...

It must be nice to be a Man, capital M man, Man whose M is flipped to be a W for White, Man the representative noun, except it's not...

Why does everything I see in the garden remind me of something else (usually food)? The bumble bee is my drunken chef: White sugar stuck...

My daughter is living art. I talk about my son a lot -- the squeaky wheel, and all that -- but my daughter is equally precious and...

For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone... and when we speak we are...

I think Parenting, done right, is just a practice in saying goodbye. Goodbye, my love. Go out into this fathomless world where I can't...