Go away so I can think, already

Depending on how you count it, it’s week two of my sabbatical and I’m currently sitting in my writing chair, trying to fend off the cat who feels she is much more worthy of my lap than this computer. Some days, I think she’s probably right. During … [Read more...]

Madison Monday: MLK Day Reprise

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a re-post of one of my very first Madison Monday's. I love this book and I love this story for the way it demonstrates how our racial reality becomes taken-for-granted as natural and given, even though it … [Read more...]

Madison Monday: All We Had Was Each Other

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a re-post of one of my very first Madison Monday's. I love this book and I love this story for the way it demonstrates how our racial reality becomes taken-for-granted as natural and given, even though it … [Read more...]

Madison Monday: the cool people

Does this happen everywhere or is it just a small town thing? You see someone around over and over again and you think to yourself, they seem kind of cool. Why don’t I know them? Like, really, why don’t I know them? There are only about 15,000 people … [Read more...]

My Totally Random and Non-Definitive Best of 2017 List

Best Resolution from 2016  I Followed Through On In December of 2016, as the world was just beginning its descent into the chaos and horror that would be 2017, I decided now was the time to start meditating every day. For real. None of this, okay, … [Read more...]

Two hundred and fifty-four plus rejections and counting later…

Looking back on the dumpster fire of a year that 2017 was in so many ways, I thought I’d try to focus on some good things that happened to me in the middle of the all-around shit-storm. Roxane Gay had a series of tweets recently correcting people … [Read more...]

Madison Monday: Main Street Loft Tour

This was the second year for the amazing Madison Main Street Loft Tour. We didn't get to go last year because we had obligations at Hanover's homecoming. This year we skipped homecoming in favor of checking out some of the amazing spaces that hover … [Read more...]

Star Trek: The Next Generation turns 30 and this means I am old

Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered on this day, 30 years ago. Yep, thirty years. Which means I was thirteen when I watched the first episode and that I am quite old now. Let me reflect a bit on exactly how old I am. When Star Trek: TNG first … [Read more...]

Monday Musings

I’ve been walking around more lately, even in the heat. Partly I’m walking to keep myself healthy. Partly I’m walking to get my sense of smell back. I read that exercise is supposed to help. I couldn’t smell anything for about three weeks this summer … [Read more...]

Madison Monday: what we don’t know

When you fly into Key West, you spend a lot of time over the ocean before anything like land appears. There is water and water, and then tiny dots of green stuck in the middle. The first time I flew to Key West what struck me was how alone the island … [Read more...]