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Summer Block

Backseat; or, Two Stories About Driving

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Apr 29

Apr 29

Aging giddily

Last Friday, I got Botox for the first time–or technically, Dysport, a gentler nudge of neurotoxins, what you might call the thinking man’s…

Sep 5, 2023

Aging giddily

Sep 5, 2023

Role Playing

A few days ago we were eating at our local breakfast taco place when the Brooks & Dunn song “Neon Moon” (1991) came on and I remembered…

May 23, 2023

Role Playing

May 23, 2023

The Idea of Permanence

A few weeks ago and with absolutely no context, Beatrice (who goes by Apollo now) ran up to me and said, “I can’t believe you threw me into…

Jan 1, 2023

Jan 1, 2023

Fundamental Event Elements; Big, Bad Ideas; and Being Open to The Experience

This year Halloween landed, for me, in the hiatus between (adult) vaccinations and new variants when I felt briefly okay-ish about going…

Jan 2, 2022

Jan 2, 2022

An Empty Apartment, A Haunted Body, and A Crowded House

The very first thing I did when I found out I was pregnant with Thomas was google “triple bunk beds.” I did this even before I went…

Jun 30, 2021

Jun 30, 2021

Same Old Year

Some time ago, I became allergic to everything. I’d always had a few mild allergies to a few foods, things like avocados and sunflower…

Dec 31, 2020

Same Old Year

Dec 31, 2020

23 Ways To Celebrate Halloween At Home This Year

There’s been a lot of talk in the last week or two about whether or not there will be a Halloween this year. Of course there will be a…

Aug 4, 2020

23 Ways To Celebrate Halloween At Home This Year

Aug 4, 2020

Social Distancing, Stranger Danger, and The Campaign To Save Halloween

Last week, after months of sadness and worry, I got a promotional email from the Spirit Halloween store and instantly I felt glad to be…

Jul 28, 2020

Social Distancing, Stranger Danger, and The Campaign To Save Halloween

Jul 28, 2020

Nuclear Families, Time To Move, And Less Of Everything

I started this letter on March 4 and just reopened it again. The original letter began:

Apr 9, 2020

Nuclear Families, Time To Move, And Less Of Everything

Apr 9, 2020

Summer Block

Summer Block

Writer for Catapult, Longreads, The Awl, The Toast, The Rumpus, McSweeney’s, and so on. Owner of After-Party Taxidermy. Working on a book about Halloween.

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