Yearly Archives: 2026

When the Ghost Came Calling Again

But like a ghost, cancer is a master of return. And so, we must learn to live with this haunting, not in fear, but with eyes wide open.

Diamond Girls

Of all the times for Neil Diamond’s songs to make a mental appearance, it felt appropriate. And welcomed.

A Triptych of Deaths in Three Decades

Because there we were: three athletic young men dressed in tight, turquoise blue wet suits with black trimmed gills ‘n all, helmets with shark fins protruding from our heads, and wraparound mirror eyewear.

The Importance of Being Roberta

Roberta was a very intense graduate student from New Jersey, and she was not going to hear of this happening again.

High School Lessons

One year a high school friend came over on my birthday. She was shocked that I had no birthday cake. I wasn’t. 

Pain by Numbers

Pain is everything from the ache in my jaw to the grief I felt at my grandmother's bedside.

Finding Purpose in the Wake of Loss

What I failed to recognize then was that hollow ache I was feeling wasn't solely derived from my loss, but that it stemmed from something deeper.

Conversations With My TherApIst: Why ChatGPT is good for more than cheating on your writing

For the past few months, I'd been using ChatGPT in ways that would make Silicon Valley evangelists either deeply uncomfortable or oddly proud.

Made In the U.S.A with Exotic Parts

They talk to each other about their days, about the news, their fears, their communities, the conversation sliding to I.C.E.

A Meditation on Anorexia and Parkinson’s Disease

You realize that having two daughters to take care of him when the Parkinson’s eventually destroys his ability to function on his own is better than one

Walter’s Stupid Wiggles

Staring up this intimidatingly steep path ahead of us, I realized that we were horribly mistaken by what Walter’s Wiggles were. 

This House Isn’t Yours:  A Story of Power, Property, and Quiet War

Then came the bushes planted along the side of my home—neatly, legally, and well within my property line. To be sure, I hired two independent surveyors.
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