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Nearly 2 years after his death, overwhelming evidence suggests that my heartthrob, Rio… was harboring a secret. There’s a part of his story that I have yet to tell! The clues, I presume, were right under my nose the whole time he was alive — but as I begin to unravel the truth, the […]
Bittersweet day in crazy town. Today my mom assumes the esteemed role of enrichment coordinator and task rabbit — the former being my most favorite job. She’ll be really good at it and I’m excited to see what she creates, but I still kind of hate that I had to give it away. The errands […]
How many times have I seen the abysmal and untimely victory that is, “AH HA! So THAT’S how ‘it’ works.. I’ve been screwing this up.” Cue the changes – in my behavior, in my processes and operating standards; the updates, the reprocessing under the new golden nugget of knowledge or awareness or context. And, of […]
The number of times I’ve arrived at an appointment with my sh!t all the way together is zero, but today I was on the struggle bus harder than the usual. It’s little things that add up to looking like a mess! I remembered the chart; forgot my credit card. I did the sign in […]
A. What I meant to say was something like …. I’m low maintenance; I can rough it. That the person who was inviting me to the woods to learn new stuff shouldn’t feel too worried about my tagging along; that I wouldn’t put ‘em out or be too needy. That I’d not be a pill. […]
Everyone saw Lauren for her peculiar behaviors; I watched them judge. The hand flapping and the noise making and rocking in the atrium turned their heads as well as their noses. Her hair was messy. Her dress was not up to snuff. Her language wasn’t perfect. She stuck out. I guess I saw something else […]
Short of that life changing, mind-blowing, masterful FoodE pork chop over 10 years ago, my most memorable culinary experiences were deemed failures in the eyes of the chefs who created them. They allegedly missed a mark. Except, ironically, my dad’s hockey pucks – he passed those off as legit, and that’s why Joy Crump blew […]
For the better part of the year my gut was alarming, and I couldn’t get it to turn off. After the alarms stopped I began to feel a sense of bewildering remorse; like I had done something really bad. But I was confused too; I didn’t understand what happened to my crazy town – it […]
People will be offended when you stand up for the dog. Still stand up for the dog. They will label you an asshole for preventing the bite. Still prevent the bite. We are going head to head with misguided expectations from an information deficit. Space is a special need. The bite prevention literature abounds — […]
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