Blue Grace
Episode 23. Blue Grace. It was Grace. It was pure, unadulterated grace. Like the old-fashioned kind. The Gift…
Wedding Bells & The Blue Shoes
I am not the first to write about a wedding and neither will I be the last. My…
Il blu — and the parrot.
Faccio un casino. I am a bit of a mess. Time zones, eh. I am meeting B, of…
Sajid.
It was the most indulgent of rides. We scheduled a three-stop-transport…from upper Brooklyn down to his neighborhood…and then…
How Matzah Made My Dog Love Me Again.
“I would imagine us at the fair, walking hand-in-paw, sharing an ice cream…carrot, of course.”
The Snow Cake
“They were the same little people whose snowy socks went around and around my dryer…”
Craving the Shredded Potato
Months ago, before my surgery, we had dinner at an Asian restaurant with a Chinese friend, M. She…
A wallpaper wizard
Look, it is not a lot to ask, I don’t think. After years and years and sleepless nights…
Bone Saws, Opiates & the Daily Black Pants
I have been asked to provide an update on my recovery: I knew that I was having major…
Of the Lilac Surgical Gown.
Of all the things I thought would make me happy in this life, I was completely unprepared for…
I just jumped.
This year I learned to jump. It was my plan to do a language immersion — for as…
OsloOhhh.
Will you need help down the stairs, ma’am?, the flight attendant asks. No, I am ok going down,…
Seven months…interrupted.
I have given away our extra pantry items, our blender. We are down to the our tiniest bone…
In ruins.
We are on an island. A big one. A place where streets are broken and the trunks of…
Un giorno normale — a normal day.
It was just a normal day. Up early, hulling strawberries for smoothies. We strip the bed to run…