Young

I used to get my feet buried in the sand. When I worked at the preschool, I sat on the railroad tie side of the sandbox and one of the kids would take small hands and scoop sand over my feet. We would inspect rocks and sticks, and talk about where trash goes, or how […]

Legitimacy

“Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.” – Jung The coming of cold weather, my birthday: both can render me barely eligible to participate in society. “My neurosis levels are high,” I warned my friend. Dying plants! Cold feet! Darkness! At my writing retreat last weekend, I spent a good part of the time […]

Natural

It’s quite the counterpoint to yoga, at least my kind of yoga. In yoga, they say, listen to your body. Relax! We have faith that consistent practice will take us further than forcing. Ballet doesn’t care if you feel good. Ballet forces itself upon you. If someone in my ballet class does not watch my […]

Passive/Aggressive

Coincidentally, after I wrote about bullying, I was bullied something fierce. Which I did not enjoy. It was annoyingly adorable and cruel of fate. My response to being bullied, in the moment, is just it was when I was ten. I turn into a statue like Mario does in Mario 3, and wait for the […]