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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 […]
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 […]
50 Going on 2
Posted on April 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
When work feels overwhelming, remember that you’re going to die. We have a coffee mug in our office with those words written on it. It isn’t that I need to be reminded of this certainty. I do not. In my life, it has become a mantra of sorts. One that I probably say to myself […]
Wisdom
Posted on March 24, 2014 2 Comments
Le Terrace Club was a private pool where I spent a bunch of summers growing up. For those of you who are wondering, yes, it’s THAT Le Terrace Club. I mention the true name only because I’m not going to hide the fact that we were members, and it’s relevant to the extent that it […]
A Girl by the Bridge 
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