Ushering in a Pantsless Soho Nightcap
All the babies I've encountered in the city are fussy today. The morning started out hot - a clear dry heat that made me think of Austin, Texas. I threw on an ankle-length gray jersey sun dress and some silvery flats with a turquoise scarf to go downstairs [...]
The Lady Comes Knocking
This week has been wrapped in the familiar haze of a place I'd hoped to avoid for a few more years. A dear friend of my love's is losing his father to cancer (I always, always want to capitalize that word) in New York, and tonight we embark [...]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
I don't want to be one of those boring people who complain about the weather, but I seriously cannot deal with this heat. Our beautiful new home is without A/C and I haven't slept in two days. The sprinkler, an endless supply of frosty beverages, hundreds of cold showers and antics [...]
Random Acts of Nature
Yesterday, I had just launched in to a much-needed psychiatrist's visit when the entire hospital building began to move underneath us. Ten seconds and a shudder later, this phenomenon stopped. Then we were evacuated. I got separated from my shrink in the stairwell, and blinking into the sunlight [...]
Another Chapter
Hello world. I miss you guys. Life is settling nicely now, and I'm definitely going to have more time to write, so there will be more frequent postings. I wrote this at the start of the month... The Fortress of Solitude is no longer. Yesterday I spent twelve [...]
Preparing for Landing
I was going to begin this post by apologizing for not writing for a while. I feel like I'm apologizing all of the time lately - for being anti-social, for not keeping in touch, for being too quiet or a bit cranky in the mornings, for feeling stressed out or [...]