Distance is a beautiful thing
Some times the way to fall in love again is to leave the thing behind you.
Category: Essays
Let it pass over
Using this time of year as an opportunity to forgive, to forget, and to let it all pass over.
How far we’ve come
A year ago you couldn’t have promised me I would be sitting in Bermuda with the bestie, vodka OJ in hand, and happy.
When one door closes…
No doors ever stay permanently closed. No matter how far you go, how fast you run, your past is always nipping at your heels.
The great struggle
Recently, I have been finding it difficult to write about most subjects. Whether it’s subjects that are personal: dating, friendships, family, and work, or subjects that are broader: politics, community, global affairs, the economy… I find myself in a state of partial paranoia and heightened sensitivity. Maybe it’s because I feel that the orthodoxies are […]
Little girl wanting
I grew up wanting to live in Forest Hills. I grew up wanting more.
“Oh America” – observation from a train
I have traveled by overground train, from one city to the next. But, this is the first time I recognized that my way of train travel isn’t the same for so many others.
