Jan 27The Sounds of an On-Going Existential Crisis, Part Two Music is life itself. -Louis Armstrong At the Bottom of Everything -Bright Eyes This is best played when you’re contemplating the meaning of life and have that what-is-the-actual-point-of-anything feeling and you need and uppity melody to pair with the darkness. Love You So Bad -Ezra Furman This is best played…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Dec 27, 2022Fair well, Armington StreetHome is where one starts from. — TS Eliot I wrote about this house when we came back to it early in the pandemic. As most homecomings, it was wonderfully nostalgic, a smidge uncanny and perhaps a little bit of a bad idea. But we did it. We have lived…Home3 min readHome3 min read
Dec 9, 2022Twinkle, twinkle.“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” ― Haruki Murakami If I were called upon to describe myself and someone else had already said “pathologically optimistic,” my next choice would be “charmingly morbid.” I think about death all the time. When the phone rings early…Death4 min readDeath4 min read
Aug 3, 2022Riding Waves“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.” ― Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape Recently I attended a surfing camp. Like camp for children but with me and my friend, Peter. I’ve always been afraid of surfing. Here’s my top three reasons why (just in case…Surfing4 min readSurfing4 min read
Apr 4, 2022Mastectaversary“The whole point of being alive is to become the person you were intended to be, to grow out of and into yourself again and again” — ― Oprah Winfrey , What I Know for Sure Nine years ago right now, I was in surgery. I’d traveled from Providence to New York for my mastectomy at NYU Langone. On the train ride to the city, I couldn’t help but imagine the possibility (while exceedingly slim) of dying…Mastectomy5 min readMastectomy5 min read
Mar 4, 2022Unfurling“I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today.” — Charlotte Eriksson A few weeks ago during shvasana at the end of yoga, I was overtaken by the sensation that my mother was with me. I felt her energy swirling around me and…3 min read3 min read
Dec 30, 2021I am still here“Seize the day, then let it go.” — Marty Rubin It’s been a while. I miss writing. Most days, even though I’ve blocked time on my calendar specifically for clicking away on my keyboard, it doesn’t happen. In addition to finding writing pleasurable, I desperately want to reach my personal…Aging3 min readAging3 min read
Aug 30, 2021YouYou “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.” ― Alfred Tennyson The color of your eyes is shockingly beautiful. 2. You are remarkably discerning, which makes me feel extra lucky that you enjoy my company. 3. I can’t pretend…You2 min readYou2 min read
Aug 22, 2021Going Gray“Time flows away like the water in the river. ” — Confucius Until last year, I’d only ever had a half dozen gray hairs. They’d pop straight out from my part or my hairline shockingly white against the rest of my dark hair. And, because I don’t believe that weeding…Aging2 min readAging2 min read
Jun 25, 2021A Launch Toast, Maybe…Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them. — Leo Tolstoy This, much like every other milestone I’ve encountered, is truly bittersweet. Arriving at something wonderful that’s rooted in trauma is…Business2 min readBusiness2 min read
