Looking Back
When I was young, I was an obsessive journaler. I had very little to write about then other than a less-than-ideal home life, the occasional heart-wrenching teenage crush and my smaller-than-a-thimble view of the world erected within the confines of my own backyard. I now (ostensibly) have much more to write about, but I rarely […]
Goodbye 2007 (and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out)
I am not sure why, but somehow this new year feels like a fresh start — a giant step beyond the adversity of the past two years of my life. I suppose things could have been worse (they can always be worse), but I won’t lie and say that it has been fun.
While I spent […]
Who likes chocolate chip cookies anyway?
I became a vegetarian during my freshman year of college. The transition from meat-eater to herbivore didn’t happen gradually, but rather all at once when in my freshman year Biology class I was presented with a frog and my very own mini-guillotine with which to dispense of my frog. I didn’t have access to a […]
Zen and the Art of Wheel Throwing
Zen and the Art of Wheel Throwing
Wheel throwing might be one of the most frustrating activities I have ever engaged in. Like so many things in life, it looks simply effortless when you are standing there watching someone else throw a perfectly proportioned vase out of a lump of wet clay, but when you sit […]
Silent Space
A year ago, I set off into the woods to attend a 4 day meditation retreat. During my journey across the Golden Gate Bridge and all along the way to Fairfax where the retreat was situated, I couldn’t help but imagine what lay in store for me. I suppose I conjured images of myself sitting […]
All Things Inconsiderate
On the eve of my 30th birthday I find myself learning lessons I should have learned a long time ago.
I have a new rule. My new rule is that I do not work for friends. Working for friends is like lending your brother money or discussing politics with your extremely conservative best friend; you […]
I’m outward bound
This past year has been a tumultuous one for me. In my struggle to get down to the heart of who I am, I have sought to become more independent. This show of independence most recently manifested itself in the form of a four day trip to the Appalachians where I enrolled myself in an […]
Saving the little things I haven’t yet lost
I am an obsessive packrat by nature. In fact, my desire to amass and accumulate is so strong, that in the past I have made a cross country move every few years in a vain attempt to encourage myself to simplify. Only then, do I seem able to extinguish the beguiling desire to keep that […]
On Failure
I know this girl that is so lucky; it seems that everything she touches turns to gold. She isn’t rich, but she always seems to have a comfortable amount of money. She always gets her dream job and seems to continually find meaning and fulfillment in the things that she does. She is smart, charismatic, […]
The Road to Opportunity
A hale and hearty tale of the bountiful journey west.
My husband and I both arrived at the decision to move out west as if by simultaneous revelation. After a brief interment in upstate New York, where the winter leaves much to be desired, we were both desperate to get back to some place warm and […]