Dear Inhabitants of this Land, This is me at this time: a 57 year old white woman living far away from my ancestors (primarily Southern Ital...

  I bought a big Christmas wreath today at a neighborhood Christmas tree lot. I was driving around the big shitty, thinking about the corona...

  You haven’t seen much of me lately, and I’m sorry for that. I can’t say why, exactly, I haven’t visited and written.  Read the rest at my ...

  Henry and Oliver, Yosemite  2011 Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them. Introduce yourself. Be...

 Last night I was reading in bed and I heard a crackling sound and then again a rustle and I thought it might be Sophie but I didn't fee...

 It was the best day in a long long long long stream of days, wasn't it? When Kamala came out in her white suit, the tears started falli...

  On Tuesday night, when I saw 65 million people had voted for the man we call President in Terrible America, and after I'd felt disappo...

  I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m force...

Did I tell you that Oliver surprised me by coming home for a week? He did. It was so wonderful to lay eyes on that face, and I even hugged h...

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  (I sat down and wrote The best words I could write Turn, turn, turn again Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday night Turn, tu...

What's it like to face death every night? you ask. What exactly is it like I ask myself. Tonight. Every night, almost. Every time Sophie...

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