Dear Suz, This letter will be in two parts because I am headed to the Berkshires today for a wedding and I need to get Ollie out for a big walk before I go. But, I wanted to write now, from here, in this moment because it is luscious. And that, for me, is why… [Read More]
friends
I’m on my way
Well I’m on my way I don’t know where I’m going I’m on my way I’m taking my time But I don’t know where -Paul Simon Actually, it’s a bit better than that. I’m not lost. I do know my destination it’s just that as I set off on this next stage of the journey… [Read More]
endings are beginnings
Dear Mindy,*Five years ago, I moved to Providence and the very first person I met was Asya.It was the first week of July and I was figuring things out on my own as the only person I knew in the city, Christine, had left the day I arrived to spend the entire month in Michigan… [Read More]
the mindy project
Dear Mindy, It occurred to me that this idea of mine* might be like that houseguest you are quite delighted to see when they first arrive but then, after three days, you kind of dread coming down the stairs to see they are still. here. gah. Hmmm. Such is the consequence of impulsive actions. This morning I… [Read More]
if I’m so early why am I running so late?
plum island, 4 december 2015Things are flipping around over here. Not in any aggressive or scary change way. In a smaller, deeper like holy-sh-t-my-DNA-is-being-rewritten-each-night and-I’m-waking-up-not-knowing-who-I-am kind of way. You know, nothing weird or anything.But seriously – weird.Exhibit A, this morning, for the second time in less than a week — I get up as per normal… [Read More]