Every year that I place another candle on my birthday cake I find myself pondering even more about death. I mean, I’ve always thought about death a lot. I suppose that happens when your mom flings up to the heavens in your 20’s. Or your dad is rockin’ that old age and dementia. Or maybe […]

I can’t say I recall ever wanting to be a writer. Even when I was little and kept a journal (you know the ones with the lock and key) + wrote silly stories — I didn’t think of being a full-on writer one day. But in 5th-grade that changed; I found a hunger in myself […]

I scurry to the kitchen from our bedroom like I’m a running back with my eye on the end zone. (Just to be clear, I had to Google what a running back actually does + I originally said “inzone” not end zone. THAT’S how much I know about football.) It’s a familiar scene in the […]

I’m experimenting with something you probably know nothing about. Oh wait, you’re a human, so yeah, you probably know a lot about what I’m experimenting with: Pressure. (Don’t think for one second, I don’t automatically hear “Under Pressure” [Queen/David Bowie] and want to bust out a tune). You see, this whole experiment came about due […]