• The Cage

    I spent eighteen years thinking I’d escaped, only to realize I never left,I had just redecorated the cell. August 2024. I’m sitting in my apartment…my own apartment, the

    Read More

  • ,

    Travel: Table for One, Please

    On choosing yourself, solo tables, and the permission January asks us to claim We’re almost to the end of January, and by now the shine has probably worn

    Read More

  • The Thaw

    Letting winter be your teacher before the thaw. There’s a full-on blizzard blizzarding this morning, and I’ve done what New Yorkers do—stocked my pantry with essentials like popcorn

    Read More