Author’s Note: The following piece was crafted specifically for performance and I’ve done my best through text and punctuation to make it read as choppy…
Men, as a rule, do not suffer well.
We cannot cope with the sadness that threatens always to overtake us. We are always afraid, and…
One night, about ten months ago, I got an email from a friend in Vermont, with the subject line “Is this you!?”
I clicked…
Your iPhone always knows where it is, but you don’t always. Your cellular service provider always knows where your iPhone is. But you don’t always.…
Some superheroes are ordinary citizens, transformed by chance into defenders of peace and justice. You know, your Spider-men, your Incredible Hulks. Some are born to…
This is a story about Christmas. This is a story about my grandmother. This is a story about her unfailing trust and love. But it’s…
Much of life is determined by chance, much by choice.
By chance, I forgot to check into my flight to Seattle last weekend. So, I…
I’ve worked in advertising for almost 10 years. Up until last year, running out of water was the wildest thing that ever happened to me…
The folly of youth is like Funfetti cake: sweet and fun-seeming, with pastel pink and blue and green chunks of whatsits, only serving to break…
I’m having this problem. It’s kind of embarrassing. Like I’ve been withdrawing from people and doubting my life choices.
I don’t know what you do…