I resolved to read all new books this year. Normally I reread a great deal. Why? 1. I learn something new every time, even if I have read a book […]
The Tell-Tale Ankle
Before Thanksgiving I fell down the stairs I tumbled and twisted and yelled out some swears John came and rescued, I rested and iced After ten days it felt almost […]
Family
I thought about my family over the Thanksgiving holiday. Well, I think about my family all the time. My siblings are on Twitter, and my mom texts or calls all […]
Pawn Shop in a College Town
At a pawn shop in a college town You can buy the pieces to a better life Instruments someone else learned to play And a graphing calculator that […]
It’s Time.
I’m coming out. For those of you who know me, this may or may not come as a shock. I’ve talked it over with my husband, again and again, for […]
The dog days aren’t over.
“Indian summer” are some hateful-ass words. I know I have nothing to complain about, having to moved to the Bay from a town where it was 112 in the shade […]
Gush
There is nowhere to rant about how much I love this school. I try not to take any part of this for granted, and I am filled with gratitude for […]
Fifty Shades of Gray
I saw a woman on BART the other day reading Fifty Shades of Gray. She was middle-aged, thick in the middle with deep marionette lines. She wore her eyeliner thick with […]
Baking with Ruth Elison
(Originally written in 2009, just before my partner’s grandparents died. Think of it as a recipe in a time capsule.) I went to John’s grandparent’s today to learn to bake […]