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May 61 min read

281: Tell Me Again

My therapist said Where would you like to start? I thought to myself, where does one begin? We could start with how beautiful it all is,...

Feb 191 min read

276: Forget about the Speed of Light

What about the speed of honey? If we moved at a glacially slow pace, would our days be sweeter? Would we lay on the floor, turn our faces...

Feb 31 min read

273: Here's a new morning...

sun drenched, coffee stained, just as holy as the first one. Here’s a new morning for our bleary eyes, for our hopeful hearts, for the...

Mar 7, 20231 min read

248: Live From The Furbo

Every night we sit on the couch. Your arm around my shoulders, my knees pulled towards my chest. We eat dinner. We talk about the day....

Feb 28, 20231 min read

247: Tell Me

Tell me what you believe. Don’t stop with the words passed down like worn clothes, words you’ve you’ve swallowed and absorbed like melted...

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...

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...

May 21, 20222 min read

208: Commute

I was riding the 1 train. I was running late for work. I was worried about the numbers- would we have enough? Would people show up? Would...

Apr 25, 20221 min read

204: Opening Up

You did such a good job opening up! That’s what I say to the flowers. You did such a good job looking up, turning towards the sun,...

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 25, 20221 min read

194: When the World is Coming to an End

This morning New York froze over- a sheet of ice blanketed the city, reminding us what cold feels like. Yesterday Russia invaded Ukraine-...

Feb 13, 20221 min read

191: Musings

What if I turned my face up towards the sun and said yes please to whipped cream and kept watching when netflix asked and pulled out 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...

Jan 29, 20221 min read

188: Enough

I can get no sleep fill my schedule to the brim push my body too hard hold open the door for anxiety forget to say nice things to myself...

Jan 15, 20221 min read

184: January

It’s the second week of January and I haven’t offered an eloquent prayer this week. I haven’t written a poem that moves me as immediately...

Jan 13, 20221 min read

183: Still Healing

When our dogs touched noses the kind stranger, nodding to the skittish creature at the end of his leash, says- “She’s not always...

Jan 8, 20221 min read

181: House Calls

I don’t often have heavy days. When sadness makes her house calls I’m usually so far down the list that she doesn’t get to me. She spends...

Jan 5, 20221 min read

180: What 2021 Taught Me

Bok choy is a hidden gem. The end of Elf, when everybody sings, is enough hope to make me cry. People are more than just their names. I...

Jan 3, 20221 min read

179: For the Strangers On The Internet

This is for the strangers on the internet who leave comments because they can, who say keep going who say “me too” who say you’re not...

Dec 30, 20211 min read

178: New Year

We are driving through the hills of Georgia dreaming about owning an A-frame and what we might name our kids one day and if we can cook...