Over The Shoulder
What is that feeling? Something's missing? Something's going to happen? There is an unexpected uneasiness. Is it the continuing crisis of Covid-19? Maybe. I drove across Boston today. Was out…
Amongst the Sand and Shells
For my daughter, the shell is a shell, until it becomes a shovel, a swimming pool for fairy dolls, a marker of her grandmother who died when my daughter was a baby.
Eduhacker: Career Hacks
Job hunting out of college is rough. Job hunting in a pandemic and recession is a mess.
Purgatory Chasm State Park
On the Fourth of July, we went hiking at Purgatory Chasm State Park. We just did the Chasm Loop Trail since we were hiking with a five-year-old and three-year-old. The…
Place and Identity in How Much of These Hills Is Gold
Where do I come from is a deceiving question. It seems like there should be a straight-forward answer. For the siblings in C Pam Zhang's How Much of These Hills…
I’m Still Not Used to New England
It's almost July and 67ºF and drizzly out. The rain is cool. Not cold, but still, it's cool. After seven years in Arkansas, five in St. Louis, and two in…
108 Days Later
Boston from our neighborhood. As I sit down to write this post, I find it hard to come up with words. It's been a while. In that timeframe, the United…