lonely

One feeling comes up regularly as I process the election results: loneliness. I think a lot of people don’t consider the safety and well-being of their neighbors. I think a lot of people don’t worry about the effect they have on others. It’s just hard to absorb, for me, because I obsess about these things. […]

again

Well, here we are again, relearning that the United States is not immune to strong man appeals. I don’t like learning this. The day after the election was a doozy for me: our class fish died, and when I went to pick up my anxiety meds, I pulled out and another car hit me. Happily, […]

Autumn

The juniors want to do “walking TAPS.” This sounds ominous, but isn’t: TAPS is total and perfect silence, our ritual for beginning class. I didn’t invent it, I took it, and the way I do it, I put on a video with some soothing image and relatively soothing music (though sometimes if it’s a bit […]

pool

My pal was learning to swim. We met at a hotel in western Kansas, and she swam like it was a superpower she had almost gained, like she had almost been radiated enough, like she had been half bitten by that magic spider. I am fish. When I dip, wiggle, I’m in utero. Free! She […]