I learned some big stuff about myself in 2014. For example: I am very bad at remembering to move my car on street cleaning days, much to the delight of towing companies everywhere. Moving to a new city doesn’t automatically make one an online dating success. I LOVE public transit – who’d a thunk it? OneContinueContinue reading “My 5 cliches for 2015”
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The inadequate and incomplete prose I’ve been trying to write since Ferguson
There’s a thing my dog does. It’s pretty beautiful. My Sadie is always watching me. I suspect she thinks I’m going to abandon her, which is just heartbreaking, but anyway. Occasionally, as I bustle around the house, she’ll climb down from the couch and peek around the corner to see what I’m doing. And sometimes, when I comeContinueContinue reading “The inadequate and incomplete prose I’ve been trying to write since Ferguson”
11 running tips from a non-runner
I am 38 years old, and for 37.5 of those years, I have hated running. Hated. It. To the point where I wanted to smack all the runners who rhapsodize about how easy it is to just throw on their sneakers and go, or surreptitiously trip the skinny creatures in their perfect frickin’ running gear as theyContinueContinue reading “11 running tips from a non-runner”
The dark side of being a “supportive single”
I try for positive on this blog. I try to write things that put me in the best light. But this particular blog post has been bubbling in my head for a while now (surely the sign of a character flaw), and while I’m a little terrified to hit publish, I think I will, andContinueContinue reading “The dark side of being a “supportive single””
When the place fits
Just over a year ago, I was living in Arkansas, and I was lost. It was a gorgeous Ozark fall, and I was staring down my 38th year, single, not a boyfriend in sight. I had just gone through an amiable but incredibly emotional breakup with my job, leaving a place to which I’d givenContinueContinue reading “When the place fits”
Everything and a Racehorse 