Findings

I read this today: “The laughter was a final answer to the question, Am I nuts? Certainly you are.” My family are usually good at balancing each other. One or two people may be designated the people who need our support, and we align temporarily to shrug in the face of their bullshit, pay for […]

Carry that Weight

I’ve been thinking about supporting my own body weight. Also I am supporting my body weight. Don’t worry. Recently I took a yoga class about arm balances. I had previous to this thought, arm balances are for people who are strong. Who have upper body strength. I do not have this. I am female, so […]

Smashing

Getting onto the turnpike, I thought how the poking out of a ticket from the machine was already ready for pandemic. As I drove, the clouds were gargantuan and baroque, puffs and flourishes and light and shadow. In New York, I gazed at the beautiful buildings. Here, I gaze at clouds. Or stars. We have […]

Forget It

What I know now: people close to me, and people who are friends of friends, know that returning to in-person school would endanger my life. And my mother’s life. And my cousin’s life. And all my other teacher friends. And they don’t care. I don’t know how to live with this knowledge. I say I’m […]