Category Archives: Opinion

My old ball and chain and I have been as ships passing in the night lately. A vast black ocean cleaves betwixt us, an ocean comprised of class planning, syllabi, menstrual exhaustion, last-minute logistical freakouts, wedding anxiety, weird abruptly-begun projects … Continue reading →

Today I am here to talk to you about germs. What are germs? Where do they come from? Where do they go when you wipe them away with disinfectant and/or bleach? The answer is hard to discover, so we must … Continue reading →

How about this? Last night, while preparing for bed, I said, “I wish it would rain really hard tonight.” And the old man said, “it’s going to! The thunder is going to wake you up.” This seemed somewhat whimsical and … Continue reading →