My two days off in Rio – bullet point and run-on sentence style: A hungover taxi ride up a mountainside to Santa Teresa – my tender stomach will not recover…
Tars instead of star. And everything is a starfish, even stars in the sky are “tarfish” Chockit and Swimmin’, said in a stratospherically high voice. Talking to “Weem” the way…
Today I am grateful for, Today I am worried about, Today I request, Today I will offer I needed a writing prompt here to get things rolling mentally, so here goes: Today I…
Jack recently turned 17. He’s driving now, applying to colleges. I wish you all could meet him. It is such a blessing to be present in this house with him. His mild-mannered good…
We saw Pearl Jam at Jazz fest. A really great show. The attendees were all so middle-aged. I’m so middle-aged. It was great, and bittersweet. Eddie Vedder is Sixty Years Old, but he…
Small things that bring me joy: Part 3 (which has links to Part 1 and 2) 10. A back scratch. I can’t believe I didn’t put this first. My grandmother used to tell…
Notes from the Tulane Book Fest – Anne Applebaum Sarah Broom & Tracy K. Smith Excerpt from “I will tell you the truth about this, I will tell you all about it” by…