“I want to buy something luxurious.” That’s what I told myself walking through the mall, as if I […]
True Stories
A store greeter halts you at the entrance as you walk into a multi-department renovation supplies store and […]
Our first home after I got married was a rented apartment in a village sixty miles from Munich. […]
Dear Sentient Carbon Atom Blobs, Because we value you as customers, we are excited to announce that Earth’s […]
I know that, for many in my demographic, the first decade or so of our lives was spent […]
The egg had such a flimsy shell that the contents fell out at the slightest tap and splattered […]
Having Cake You Can’t Afford, Let Alone Eat Do you remember the Golden Age when MSN Messenger reigned […]
She enters. The morning glow filters from the high-set windows and descends like a halo upon her sustainably-dyed […]
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman When You Scorn “The Bachelor” You allow her to handcuff […]
Stefan Zweig quotes Honoré de Balzac as saying, “The woman of forty will do everything for you—the woman […]
Sweet 16 and released from our convent school for the holidays. Dervla’s parents were Irish, and this tenuous […]
‘Mom!’ At 11:30pm I was woken up – for the second time that night – by my fifteen-year-old […]
The Junto Walking Group acquired its name after a member of my regular walking group came across the […]
Suggesting to my husband that we sign up for ten weekly ballroom dance classes at the local rec […]