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Apr 29, 2024

Backseat; or, Two Stories About Driving

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Sep 5, 2023

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…

Aging giddily

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May 23, 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…

Role Playing

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Jan 1, 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…

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Jan 2, 2022

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…

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Jun 30, 2021

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…

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Dec 31, 2020

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…

Same Old Year

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Aug 4, 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…

23 Ways To Celebrate Halloween At Home This Year

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Jul 28, 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…

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

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Apr 9, 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:

Nuclear Families, Time To Move, And Less Of Everything

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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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