Non-Fiction Living

The prettiest words are the greedy ones. They alight. Then they pollinate. Because you have things to do. Upright and important You squirr...

It’s a heat wave. I’ve done this before. I’m pretty good at it. This is not something to be messed with. I exchange texts with my husband....

The kids have two days off from school. You don't think about the why as much as the when. The time off is convenient. It makes for a ...

Its 1981. I’ve just been dropped off at college. I’d been insufferable at my high school for half the year because I couldn’t wait to get ...

I could ask you to be more careful. I could ask you to choose lovelier words. Take a pause. More poetry, less logic. See me in three dimen...

Like when you make new friends but keep the old and the cream always rising to the top, things have their way of sorting themselves out. ...

I’m still in shock. I thought I was more of a badass than this. It feels visceral. Comes a time when I ask a familiar question. I keep it...