Changing seasons & other things I’ve been taking for grantedIt’s raining more often now and the sun sets just after I get home. I wear a shell over my quilted transitional jacket. I slip on the…Oct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
I’m starting this story about 22 hours after being broken up with by my partner of a year and a…Important details to note: He’s Danish, I’d been living with him in Denmark, and, aside from a handful of friends and a job I haven’t even…Aug 29, 2021Aug 29, 2021
Vulnerability & Other Topics as Worn Out as We All Are During a Global Pandemic“Everybody needs more than anybody else can give right now.”Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Google Search | November 9, 2020, 9:04 PM:“Can you spontaneously recover a memory?”Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020
There’s nothing quite like the burning discomfort of needing to re-center, refocus, and reevaluate…I’ve been mulling the idea of “leaving your options open” — why we do it, and in what circumstances we find it necessary. Whether it’s…Aug 22, 2020Aug 22, 2020
I briefly dated a man who mostly went to his woodworking shop, played pool at the same bar with…He liked me because I “went out most nights,” and “traveled a lot” and “didn’t stay at home swiping apps with Netflix and a dog.”Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020
I remember breaking wishbones with my mom on warm Sunday afternoons — even as a kid, I kept every…I guess God doesn’t like specifics. Or maybe he was too busy for a thirteen-year-old girl who never made an effort to get to know him in…Nov 22, 2019Nov 22, 2019
My father built our home in the middle of the Michigan woods, where the neighboring homes were far…Growing up with a degree of isolation, in a house built by one of its occupants, breeds independence like few non-tragic circumstances can…Jul 16, 2019Jul 16, 2019
Carlen, you’ve been here before. More than once.I was in the middle of one of those rare moments where my mind feels completely and blissfully empty, only to be interrupted by a bartender…Jun 1, 2019Jun 1, 2019
I saw God in the patterns made by morning light up and down my arms.I heard the devil that night in the way you said, “I’ll see you soon.”Jan 12, 2019Jan 12, 2019
