This morning a tuft of orange and yellow daffodils waved at me in the wind as I merged onto Arlington Boulevard. The sky above them suggested that it would rain down destruction. There was hardly even any grass around for them to take root. Still, the flowers waved. It was odd to me that ...
Because of Big Magic: Why I’m Flying Across the Globe with Someone I Only Met Once
We both got the quiche. That’s the main thing I remember from the day I met Gabby. It was a beautiful mid-June afternoon, and we sat outside of Le Bon Café eating what was arguably the best quiche I’ve ever stuck a fork in. I should have known then not to say things I didn’t mean to Gabby. Not that ...
Nose Wide Open
I let a shudder pass through my body and inhaled the bathroom steam. It was Sunday. I was home. And the foam from my bath dragged the last of my weekend down the drain. I wrapped my damp towel around my waist and reveled in the silence. With each deep breath, I became myself again. As much as I love ...
Just What the Doctor Ordered: My Personal Prescription for a Better Year in 2017
We’re not even gonna talk about 2016. We're not wrapping it up, we are simply shutting it down. That's over, it's cancelled. In effort to rebuild after the-year-that-must-not-be-named, I made a list of easy pills to swallow to make it through 2017. Be a gracious part of the wheel. The only ...
It Would Go A Little Something Like This
It would go a little something like this. I would kiss them all goodnight; mother, father, family. I would bid my brother bye-bye with a slap on his head. I would sweep through the kitchen door, dropping punchlines in my wake, and they would all be none the wiser that this was the end. I’d ...
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