There's nothing quite like having an echo and a mirror and a conscience all wrapped up into a pint-sized 4-going-on-27-year-old-female. "Sophie! I need you to come upstairs and brush your teeth now!" I say. "You…
I'm a card-carrying member of the RSSC (Radio Station Switching Club). It's a disease. Like finger tourettes. Or something. It's car-specific. I'm either driving or riding in the passenger seat and I Constantly, Continually and…
Yesterday morning nothing felt right. It really started about 1/4 of the way through my rollerblade. My right hip felt like it was up by my shoulder. My legs were kind of numb. My lungs…
Last fall I was with some friends, hanging out, chatting away—when I said something that made them stop dead in their tracks. It was only for a millisecond, but in it, the confused looks they…
I had an affair once. A deep intense affair. It would start with a craving. Though 'craving' is way too meek a word for how this felt. It was a deep, gut-gnawing need that had…
This post is entirely Andi Fisher's fault. (I 'spose I could give Elizabeth Gilbert some credit, too...but she gets enough as it is. So I'm giving it all to Andi.) You see, Andi wrote this…
Tremendous author alert: Her name is Kate Chrsitensen and her writing is. Just. So. Good. I was in deep need of a book that wasn't anxiety-inducing, scary, deeply upsetting, about business or annoying. Her book,…
Saturday night was incredibly stressful. I missed 4 separate flights. I ran through 2 different airports. I watched my planes leave without me. I walked out of security areas without my ticket or my identification—twice.…
Roughly one month ago, my best friend from the 5th grade, Johanna, called me and our other best friend from the 6th grade, Orly, with an 'idea'. "I think we should all meet on the…
One year ago today, I stepped out of my front door to call the dogs in for the night and landed exactly the wrong way on exactly the wrong part of my doormat on exactly…