Exchange

A place that knew your hand on the handrail of the stairs, and your face in its mirrors, can easily lose you. On the nights of openings, I used to sneak up to use the bathroom. The mongrel hordes through the gallery, I could pee upstairs in peace. No one lives there anymore who would know, […]

Approximately 69 Days Remaining

Although tonight I am going to the opera, an amazing, expensive thing I feel so lucky to get to experience, I am currently interpreting that as a source of stress (what to wear, what time need to leave, logistics of getting there, when and where to eat) and my entire life feels like a puzzle […]

70 Days

Can you believe it, there are only 70 days left until spring. Maybe you can believe it. It’s just a number. Anecdotes: Today two of my students looked up at me suddenly and said, “You scared me!” like they didn’t expect me to be standing next to them looking at their work although I am, […]

71 Days

Today I told a lady who was washing her hands next to me: “There’s only 71 days left of winter.” “That doesn’t sound so bad,” she said. It’s working! I woke up half an hour early. It was so cold out I wish they had not told me how cold it was. Critical winter survival […]