Virgin Birth

I don’t know what possessed me to watch the documentary “The Business of Being Born.” Several women give birth at home in this movie, and you see every detail of how it happens. I wondered– very theoretically since I currently am in no danger of giving birth– whether labor is more like getting a root […]

On The Eve

Christmas Eve morning, before the celebrating begins, I stop at my usual coffee place. My car is stuffed with boxes of wrapped presents, the ribbons only slightly frayed from the sniper attacks of my cats. There is wine in the car. There are flannel pajamas and opal earrings and a shimmery skirt for church. Sometimes […]