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  • A Year Out

    I left my marriage a year ago this month. I thought I ‘d have everything figured out by now. Yet here I am, having to discard what I thought I knew about myself. It is funny who notices what a year can do. For example, my 10-year-old son made a comment in the car on

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  • Archiving a Life: Tao of the New Computer

    I recently obtained a new computer. People buy new computers everyday. This is not significant. What is important, however, is how much of your existence is “data,” large gigabytes of life, that needs to be managed, removed, filed, and safely transferred to an external storage unit when a new laptop enters your world. Our computers

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  • The Moment I Realized That I Was Good

    Let me detail my faults before I showcase my better parts. I am not a patient person. This is unfortunate. I am actively trying to identify deep zen moments when I  become particularly impetuous about my being in the world. I cannot say that I always have a great deal of success, but I am

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  • A Fat Girl’s Life

    After almost forty years of disliking myself because of my weight, I’m beginning to tire of the energy necessary to be so mean to myself. It takes way too much work to maintain self-loathing. I’m healthier than a lot of skinnier women I know. I’m smart, I’m kind, and when I love someone, I love…

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