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Keep turning over stones

Over the past few months I’ve spent several weeks in St. Augustine, Florida, for stints of house-sitting (big thank you to my friend Rae and her mom…

Jun 18, 2021 •

I haven’t been writing much lately for various reasons: Accidentally reading every take on newsletters to be found on the internet! Burnout! Feeling…

Jun 10, 2021 •

January 2021

Is this working?

Of the bajillion tweets, takes, articles, and images I consumed last week, Anne Helen Petersen’s newsletter How to Work Through a Coup really got me…

Jan 11, 2021 •

It feels strange to enter a new year when not much is new, doesn’t it? Over the past month I’ve reveled in my share of escapist media to try and abate…

Jan 5, 2021 •

November 2020

Thoughts in my mind

This is my newsletter and I do what I want to. Today that means sending a very short note to say: I’m thinking of you. Here’s one song to leave you…

Nov 3, 2020 •

October 2020

Well, hello. It’s been many months since I last wrote to you. The first few weeks of that break were planned. The rest were not! So here’s what…

Oct 24, 2020 •

May 2020

Is it just me, or was this a cataclysmic week? I wrapped it up by working with my mentee on this writing prompt from Poets & Writers: In the Cut…

May 18, 2020 •

To your future self

The future! It’s more amorphous than ever, despite all of our tugging and prodding to force it into something recognizable. So I invite you to meet…

May 11, 2020 •

A few weeks ago I read Joan Didion’s essay Why I Write after my friend Mamie sent it along for a writing prompt. The piece originally ran in the Times…

May 4, 2020 •

April 2020

I just called to say

Taking a break this week. But… Until next time.

Apr 26, 2020 •

Say yes to your choices

Every Sunday, I go to Dance Church. This means I open a window on my computer, pay $15, and connect to a live stream dance class with several thousand…

Apr 20, 2020 •

A weird sandwich

Every year to celebrate Passover, we have a seder. Seder means “order,” and it’s the term for the traditional dinner where we read the haggadah…

Apr 13, 2020 •

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