My Grandmother’s Cocoa and How We Overcome FascismOn my shelf is this old can of cocoa. It says “Droste” and gives a weight “For Eng. and the Colonies”. For me, this can of cocoa carries…3h ago3h ago
Harvest 16: The ShedThe Harvest series was a series of 17 Instagram posts created over the course of the weeks before and after my mother’s death in 2024…1d ago1d ago
The Little Threadbare Bag of Advices From the After TimesWhen people talk about severely traumatic events, they often refer to “The Before Times”. I heard this during Covid, when we could look…Oct 11, 2024Oct 11, 2024
Listening for Birds: Cancer Is Not a JourneyI was walking down from my parents’ house to mine, over the crest of their driveway where the wind blows steady. Not like the rest of the…Jun 26, 2024Jun 26, 2024
How We BecomeThis morning I got up as I have almost every May morning for as long as I can remember, and went barefoot out of the house to wash my face…May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Art for Change: When Connection and Conversation Are the OutcomeI could see him drifting across the polished concrete floor of the convention centre, blue-jacketed arms spread into a perfect reflection…Apr 17, 2024Apr 17, 2024
Adult Unschoolers: An update on our kids’ lives! (And the Careers Situation)This morning my daughter sent me a photo of her dog, Clara, sulking on the couch. She’s not a morning-dog, apparently, and I guess…Mar 25, 2024Mar 25, 2024
Playgrounds, Gaza, and a Forest: How Competition Impedes ProsperityOne damp autumn day, I crossed the dirt and wood-chip playground to the swings, where I saw a girl a couple of years younger than I was…Mar 13, 2024Mar 13, 2024
Published inGrief Book ClubDeath and GraceI think the first death of my memory was my cat Katykins, who arrived dead in the trunk of our green VW beetle. My friend and I looked at…Oct 31, 202315Oct 31, 202315
Disinformation and Meanness: What Is Going On?!It just hit me that maybe ten years ago I was worried about the rise of misinformation on social media. I saw it once in a while; people…Oct 4, 20231Oct 4, 20231
