• 1 month gone

    To Jack on (approximately) your 1 month birthday, typed with one hand as you sprawl, sleeping, in my arms:   I could wax poetic on the sweet perfection of the peach fuzz on your…

  • Sci Fi Suzie

    One time, when I was in high school, my boyfriend’s mother asked my little brother: “What does your sister want to be when she grows up?” “Well,” he answered, furrowing his brow, “I’m…

  • Heya

    By the way, I have been meeting my Wonder Women obligations these past few weeks. Sometimes I post on the wrong day, but I think I’ve caught just about every topic since the…

  • On Risks, the Taking Of

    "Hello, this is Gillian’s phone." "Hi, I’m looking for John’s mother?" "Who, again?" "Are you John’s mother?" "I’m sorry, I think you have the wrong – er – uh – wait – yes,…