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Opposite Optimism: Life is Too Long
Tue Nov 22 2016
Life is sometimes harder than it needs to be. I understand. We deserve to feel like life really is too short. Until then, though, I’m sticking with the opposite of optimism as a means of inspiration. Read more »
The Chaos is Proof That we Are Winning At The Family Blender
Fri Nov 18 2016
All of today's confusion and turmoil is indicative of what a stable family-unit we have become. View at blogher »
The Generous Spirit of Andrea Fekete
Wed Nov 16 2016
I don’t have sports heroes, and I don’t know the names of the current Hollywood A-Listers. My heroes are writers. Artists. People who try to find the most honest truth, and hold it in their hand for everyone else to see. Read more »
Just Kiss
Mon Nov 14 2016
In response to being asked why so many are protesting this election result and being sore losers. Read more »
In Which I Write Badly About my Introduction to Poetry
Mon Nov 07 2016
Eventually I learned that I loved poetry, but only after insulting a bunch of people. Read more »
In Which a Non-Sports Fan Watches the World Series and Likes It
Thu Nov 03 2016
I’m not a sports person, though I am a sports mom. I spend multiple days a week watching my kids play hockey or baseball, depending on the season. But I don’t actually like sports. View at huffingtonpost »
The Painful Birth of My Website Which Has Not Actually Been Born Yet
Fri Oct 28 2016
I tried to make my own website. “You’re so lucky that your SigO is a programmer! I bet you have a great website!” someone said to me recently. “Not so much. He feels like I should be able to do it all on my own,” I answered. View at huffingtonpost »
A Review of Alejandro Zambra’s Multiple Choice (translated by Megan McDowell)
Sun Oct 23 2016
Multiple Choice is a small, weird book that is best read in one sitting, so the sections can build properly on each other (which of course I didn’t actually do, because it was summer and life interfered and I am never as assiduous as I mean to be). View at weirderary »
Legacy of the Last World by Susan Roney-O’Brien
Sun Oct 16 2016
Roney-O’Brien’s Eve transcends religious tradition as the reader inhabits Eve’s mind and body, her nature revealed in the small details. View at momeggreview »
How Fighting Well Makes us Stronger as a Couple
Mon Sep 12 2016
First off, I’ve been divorced twice and my non-married life partner (can we please find a better word for that?) has been divorced once. My most recent divorce and his single divorce had one thing in common—we never fought with our spouses. View at goodmenproject »
Elephant Skin, Grinning Corpse Face, and Fighting Gravity
Mon Sep 05 2016
Let me just come out and say that I will be 43 this weekend. I’m not soliciting gifts or cake, I just want you to understand that when I say that the skin between my eyes is starting to resemble an elephant’s knee, I’m not exaggerating. View at huffingtonpost »