For not-writer stuff
… disappointed I can’t come up with a version of my name with the same number of syllables as “Carmen Sandiago.” Marie Vi-i-ber-ert? AHEM. I went and did it again and said yes to a lot of stuff, so I need to figure out where I’m going this year! January Read more…
“How do you get it all done?” someone asked me recently, and she wasn’t the first. “I want to see your daily routine, learn your secrets.” I gape around my messy desk, my ever-increasing to-do list, and marvel. Every day, I faff about on the internet, procrastinate, and lay on Read more…
Blog topic suggested by Nyla Bright. Recursive title is recursive! This year, I took on an adjunct teaching position, for fun and profit. Okay, also to get grad school credit toward a degree so people will consider hiring me to teach more. It’s my “active retirement” plan. Some people dream Read more…
In seventh grade, I undertook an experiment with the sartorial self, and it had unexpected consequences. It was the first day of school, and I was depressed by my clothing options. The first day of school is the day when you are supposed to wear your best clothes, your best Read more…
I never imagined being this old. Does anyone? Let’s take a retrospective through the Big birthdays: When I turned 20 I was a sophomore in college and depressed. I had failed, utterly, to enjoy my teenaged years properly, I was sure of that. I was single and sure I’d die Read more…
My mom always had a garden. Her mom always had a garden before her, and for a time they were one in the same, as we lived with my grandparents. I have fond memories of snapping peas with grandma on the back stoop in the slanting light of an August Read more…
This blog request was actually for me to “Describe the perfect dress,” but I’m altering it slightly. Why I like a dress is something impacted by many different things: body image, socio-economic class, generational styles, ethnicity. So, my perfect dress isn’t likely to be someone else’s. Still, yes, it’s a Read more…