What to Love

My favorite story from one of my favorite writers is that she bought a chicken at the grocery store, and then on the way home, she threw it in a trash can. The flat world that we usually see, where we are felt cut-outs on a felt board, being moved around from bed to work […]

Ants

My friend is having electromagnets shot at her brain for a half hour a day. When I first heard of this treatment, I thought it was like those magnetic bracelets they want to sell you at the fair. But no, it’s an FDA approved (trademark) treatment for several mental health […]

Tour d’Emporia

I drove the length of Emporia, Kansas, from the college that my great-grandmother and my grandfather attended, to the river at the other edge. They have 25,000 people. My current home which has 96,000. My great-grandma’s hometown is currently at 383. The perky downtown has ramen, Mexican, a wine bar, a brewery, and a place […]

She Did

She did not cry. We go into the American Girl Store at the mall. I am looking after her, as we are in the middle of a medium-sized family crisis, and others need to be at the hospital. I have never been in this store. My parents did not love me enough to buy me […]