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Nevertheless, She Persisted
Posted on February 5, 2018 Leave a Comment
Many years ago, there was a blonde nurse who was a member at the pool club in my town. She used to arrive in the late summer mornings to relax by her cabana before work. Around 2 p.m., she would change into her smart uniform in that cabana, like a superhero in a phone booth, […]
Leap Day
Posted on February 29, 2016 Leave a Comment
Does everyone carry all of their memories around with them, like an airport teeming with stranded passengers during an unexpected blizzard on the night before Thanksgiving? Look, there’s thirteen year-old me, balancing The Heart is a Lonely Hunter on her knee, glancing up only to roll her eyes at 1977 Wonder Woman, about to board […]
A Wrinkle in Time
Posted on February 22, 2016 3 Comments
I used to be ashamed of the wrinkles on my face. Especially the big, long one right across the middle of my forehead. This deep groove, my own river of embedded worries dating as far back as first grade, has been a part of me for almost as long. A child with an ever present […]
Charlie’s Angels
Posted on February 5, 2016 Leave a Comment
The bridge actually had an official name. Lucy? Commissioner Lucy? It didn’t matter. We didn’t know who he was. What we saw was the dripped, spray-painted white KHOMEINI SUCKS! right there in the middle of the worn pavement, starting to now wear […]
Boots
Posted on January 22, 2016 2 Comments
The cool thing about the internet is that you can look up stuff like, “What day of the week was January 19, 1978?” It was a Thursday. On Thursday, January 19, 1978 (a school night), I slept over my best friend Lia’s house. The only reason this had been allowed was that a snowstorm was […]
I Want My Weather Channel
Posted on January 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
Does anyone else in the NYC area miss the Weather Channel with a profound unhappiness, or is it just me? It’s awful enough we have to weather this potential snowstorm (yes, I went there) minus El Bloombito’s crack Spanish admonitions, which I’ve only recently – begrudgingly, barely, really – accepted. His absence in the circus […]
The Wet Spot
Posted on January 19, 2016 Leave a Comment
On a dark, desert highway. No…just kidding. On a dark, living room carpet, a cool spot at my feet, the warm realization arose that I had stepped on a pretty decent-sized spot of German shepherd urine. Danced, that is. Or something akin to danced, but probably more like non-rhythmic jumping. Whatever it was, my foot […]
Winning
Posted on January 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
It isn’t really about winning the money. You know that, right? Yeah, sure, it’s great fun to imagine all of the ways you might live out the rest of your life spewing ridiculous demands, like to be surrounded by only white furniture and carpeting, or to wear a brand new pair of shoes every single […]
Squandering Stories
Posted on May 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
In third grade at Yantacaw School, we had a weekly timeslot reserved for show-and-tell – sometimes involving show-and-listen, where we were allowed the opportunity to share our favorite music with classmates – more like show-and-tell lite. I believe this is where I may have been exposed to the one-eyed, one-horned, flying Purple People Eater – […]
Cat’s in the Cradle
Posted on May 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
When you’re young, it’s almost impossible to grasp the rapidity of the passage of time. Time certainly doesn’t seem to be moving quickly to you as you’re plodding through each day, wishing to grow up. Working with such a small frame of reference, kids are doomed to believe everything remains the same. Having an older […]
A Girl by the Bridge 
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