Somewhere between my third slice of pie and my third dog stepping on my stomach, I read the wildest thing. Scientists found tryptophan, the same sleepy amino acid we blame for our Thanksgiving couch comas, on Bennu. That is a small asteroid that swings by Earth every six […]
What are your favorite animals? So apparently, while I’m over here trying to remember where I put my keys and my motivation, a female wild wolf on the central coast of British Columbia has decided to outdo all of us. She was caught on camera pulling a crab […]
Who are your current most favorite people? Let’s get one thing out of the way. I could absolutely say my favorite person right now is the Pope. He’s cool, he’s chill, and honestly both the current pope and the last one had that quiet “I see the absurdity […]
Some people wake up to coffee. I wake up to headlines about three lab monkeys escaping from a crashed transport truck in Mississippi. Because apparently the universe flipped open its old pandemic screenplay binder and said, “Let’s workshop a new pilot.” I mean three lab monkeys.Running loose. In […]
There are certain places on Earth where time has no meaning. The Bermuda Triangle. Black holes. And the DMV. I learned this again the hard way this week. Now, I wasn’t new to the DMV rodeo. Just a few years ago I strutted in with an online appointment, […]
Do you trust your instincts? I usually trust my instincts. I’m a gut girl. A vibes-reader. A “I knew that before the words even came out your mouth” kind of person. My internal compass has always been so finely tuned that Google Maps could only hope to keep […]
I was half-watching, half petting my tiny dog, half-wondering why I always end up rewatching random Hallmark-adjacent Christmas movies (yes, my math is terrible), when I found myself tuning into Same Time, Next Christmas. And there was a plot twist for me in that the male lead was […]
Look, I’m not saying civilization is collapsing, but the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia just pressed its very last penny, and apparently that’s the butterfly wing flap that will send us spiraling into a cash-based Hunger Games. Yes, indeed. We’ll, maybe. Roll with me here. The penny, our copper-ish, […]
Some people claim a day.Some people claim a week.I, being a New Yorker with a flair for the dramatic, claim a month for my birthday. A whole 30-day festival of me. I highly recommend it. In my generous spirit, I also allow others to have a birthday month.Whether […]
What is good about having a pet? Some people meditate in the mornings.Some people journal.Some people sit with their matcha contemplating the fate of the universe or whether today is the day they actually fold the laundry. Me?I step into my kitchen and immediately begin a one-woman slam-poetry […]