luck is a penny

winging it

Sage and beloved friend Lindsay says, “I realize we are all just winging it.” Yes. So why do I feel so heavy? Maybe I’m dragging it mo...

hot spot

Through North Carolina summers, our dog Lizzie became like a baboon. A West Highland White Terrier, one flea could turn her inside out. ...

cavity

I have soft teeth. Root canals, an extraction, cavities; I've had everything done to my teeth. When I was very young, I had dental surg...

i got this

Today was my first time in Griffith Park in months. It is – as ever – a monument to wildness in the city of angels. Not one but two rab...

slight of hand

My sister Katie says her daughter Lily has my hands. I wish I had Lily’s features, which is to say, I wish I had Katie’s. Mother and d...

cost

For everything you have missed, You have gained something else and for everything you gain, you lose something else. - Ralph Waldo Emerso...

romance

The manufacturing company that makes our trashcan is called Simple Human. Isn’t that romantic? We invented trash; the credit is ours. ...

let it be

I keep seeing feathers on the ground. Am I molting? And a couple of weeks ago I saw a shimmery snake skin lying on the ground. It glist...

i'm great

Great-ing. Grating. I’m not sure what great means. It’s a stock-character of language; someone you’ve met a bunch of times and still d...

ideally

I woke up today with this question: “what do I hope for?” And it is a serious question after years of living towards a goal. At dinner...

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