soonness (continued)
We have reached that time of year when soonness is in full bloom. The cherry blossoms are on their way, pale pink buds taunting passersby...
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- Apr 21
- 2 min
am i pretty?
“A theory: ‘Pretty’ has gone out of favor because we are greedy, and want the merely pretty to be fully beautiful, and so we go around...
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- Apr 6
- 4 min
first fifteen
9:24 AM | sunday “The whiteness of these waters is simple. They are elemental transparency. Like roundness, or silence, their quality is...
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- Mar 23
- 1 min
on soonness
We have reached that time of year when soonness is in full bloom. The cherry blossoms are on their way, pale pink buds taunting passersby...
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- Mar 15
- 1 min
nat
Pieces that should do the Should’s but pieces that so badly want the Want’s. Pieces that flirt with the beaten path and pieces that are...
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- Mar 2
- 3 min
big hands
So there’s this girl with big hands. Some people say “massive.” Certainly above average for girls her age. Puberty hit her early—in 5th...
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- Feb 22
- 2 min
a shot of ex-presso
A couple, who is no longer a couple—but at one moment of time, was certainly a couple—grab coffee. The girl starts. She is doing well....
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- Jul 17, 2022
- 5 min
so, what are you doing this summer?
A seamless follow-up question to “How are you?” in each summer-small-talk conversation. My response? Well, it seems to vary according to...
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- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
things I like
I parked outside my childhood home the other Tuesday and started listing things I like. Here's what I wrote down: I like how every day is...
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- Jan 19, 2022
- 3 min
music, in a sentence
(This should take 3-ish min to read... just about as long as your favorite song... why not pause here and throw it on?) So my dog Lola is...
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- Jan 4, 2022
- 6 min
coca-cola
A testimony by Kathy Park, Buddhist teacher at Kwan Um School of Zen. Kathy currently lives in Seoul, Korea, so we spoke virtually on...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
did u guys hu?
“It feels bad to be used, but the alternative is no one wants to use you, and that’s worse.” (Quote from NPR’s “Hookup Culture” Podcast...
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- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Brown, babe, you so smart and good to me
So enlighten me as to why I am allowed to go to a 5,000-person club fair where I'm amongst a Brown sea of almost entirely strangers, but...
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
the name game
But is there a more pointless exchange and waste of the English language than: "Oh, you grew up in [insert remote suburban town]? You...
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- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
find the good.
DMac is the guy you want comforting you when you're grieving over DMac's death. Funny how that works. A year ago today, Rivers lost it's...
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- Oct 24, 2020
- 1 min
pickled covid
Kroger's Kosher Dill Crunchy Pickle Spears. Arguably the most pungent grocery shelf item. A delectable appetizer to your 2 PM ham and...
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- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
rocks on rocks on rocks
Red, orange, pink, white, brown, grey, black, green—oh my! On the morning of October 1—with five girls and ten XL suitcases shoved into...
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- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
731 Dover Ct
Six girls, two bedrooms, one month. Covid calls for impulsivity. Take the semester off, ship out to San Diego, start a blog, eat a ton of...
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- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min
a hot tub in Key West
I was in a hot tub in Key West, FL last Christmas having a fluffy convo w/ my dad about what I want to do in life. Right after I mention...
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