The Feed

May 91 min read

282: Unwritten Agreement

We have this unwritten agreement, us members of humanity. When the toddler at the coffee shop runs around the corner, when her mom, at...

Feb 171 min read

275: Ooey Gooey

I have to remind you to look at the camera because you’re always looking at me. Has there ever been a sweeter love? Here’s my heart, ooey...

Feb 171 min read

274: A Seat Saved For You

I cannot tell you about all the places I belong without telling you about my family’s dinner table, about the stories my father would...

Feb 23, 20231 min read

246: In Sickness and in Health, In Chaos and Control

We take turns being chaos and control. Someone’s gotta keep the fire burning and someone’s gotta sing that Celine Dion ballad at top...

Feb 23, 20231 min read

245: Hold Them Close

You only need one in the city - one friend who says text me when you get home, who remembers your brother’s name, who knows the way you...

Sep 2, 20221 min read

218: A Filling Up

There’s enough time for one more kiss for caramelized onions on low heat, for handwritten I’m just thinking of you cards. There’s enough...

Jul 16, 20221 min read

217: A Safe Place to Land

We got another bed for the dog- a living room bed, as opposed to the bedroom bed. I know, I know, love is bonkers sometimes. The new bed...

Jul 16, 20221 min read

216: Lightning Bugs

Lighting Bugs You caught a lightning bug in your hand gently, slowly, more like a landing ramp than a trap. You held it to me as if to...

Jul 4, 20221 min read

215: It's About Damn time

For dinner to be ready, for the end of body shaming, for summer thunderstorms, for the peaches to ripen, for you to call me back, for a...

Jun 22, 20221 min read

213: Human

People say How are you doing and I tell them about the cracks in my calendar, about the dog at the window, about you and your desk with...

Jun 15, 20221 min read

212: It's Just Around the Corner

I love when people ask me for directions. Oh Great question! The bakery is just around the corner! I love when people say - How do you...

Jun 11, 20221 min read

211: To The Dad On The M5 Bus

with the daughter in the bucket hat and the son hanging off your leg, you deserve a medal. You deserve days off and jewels in your crown....

May 18, 20221 min read

207: Places I find God, an incomplete list, in no particular order:

Certainly in late night giggles- the kind that are impossible to stop, in colorful macaroons, thunderstorms and most always, in the wind....

Apr 22, 20221 min read

203: Show Me Your Lonely

Inspired by the New York Times article "Why New York's a Lonely Town, Especially Since Covid" by James Barron. Draw me a map of your...

Feb 14, 20221 min read

193: Valentine's Day Plans

People said what are your plans? And I said well, we will obviously eat pie with fresh whipped cream. We’ll probably ask for more. And we...

Feb 14, 20221 min read

192: Joy Map

If I was to draw a map of my joy like dots in a constellations or pegs in a light bright or all those google map pins there would be a...

Feb 13, 20221 min read

190: On My Way

I’m on my way I’m catching a cab I’m en route to my favorite book store to the French bakery to the corner where we meet to holidays at...

Feb 2, 20221 min read

189: Sandbags

I love when people say Oh, it makes me well up. I heard that today- it makes me well up; as if one’s feelings of love or longing or grief...

Jan 24, 20221 min read

187: Long-Distance Friendships

A million text notifications The video of your baby eating sweet potatoes The flowers you sent when my grandfather died Airbnb wishlists...

Jan 21, 20221 min read

186: Magic

Your birthday is coming up and I will probably get you another tie or a new shirt, maybe a book you don’t need. You could add it to the...