The Story Gets Better — a year in my artist life: 2024I’ll leave off this year’s fish-wrap about my family and intimate friends, along with any tedious rumination on current events, national…Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
The Story of The Two Beauties and “Little Bitch” (my history of violence in 25 acts)(When I finished writing this autobiographical moment, I realized it likely warranted several trigger warnings, as follows: undiagnosed…Dec 10, 20231Dec 10, 20231
Invoking the Invocation: a wedding officiant breaks her writer’s blockWhen Vivek and Darren asked me to officiate their wedding ceremony, I leapt at the chance. I was so happy for them, and it felt immediately…Jun 9, 2023Jun 9, 2023
“Bang”That’s how it started. A dry, window-rattling bang. Then a terrible hollering. A male voice, ‘oh, oh, oh, oh,’ at the top of his lungs. I…Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021
Savage Beauty: glamour is a verb“Clothes are spells everyone needs. Essential, sensitive to occasion and reflective of personal circumstance as food.”Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
“The Friend Returns”It’s only recently that I’ve been able to appreciate him again. When he became ill, I was for some years caught in the terrible tension…Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020
Letter from Budapestrecollecting the Danube, and the slow walk along the riverbank of lonesomeness and grief.Sep 15, 2019Sep 15, 2019
