Tell Me Why: A Cold Case Nobody Asked Me To Solve
He was the subject of my limerence. The greeting he invented is gone, and months later I am still building a case file on why. Closing chapter to this particular series.
Mind Your Business
The origin story for a fixation that was, at the time, still just curiosity. Allegedly.
Deep Thoughts: What If I Made It Worse?
One time when we were living in Virginia, I bought a stranger a bus ticket. I don’t know what possessed me, and to this day I wonder if I actually helped that person? You’re supposed to wonder about the small things other people do for you that you can never pay back. But what if instead we wonder about the things we do for other people that we never hear about again?
Photographic Memory
There is a black & white photograph of me that has persisted in my memory for decades. Let me tell you about it.
Time Flies When You’re Not Having Fun
Twelve years ago I wrote about the Year of the Horse. Time flew and I wasn't having fun. I was hopeful in 2014. I'm exhausted in 2026. Here we go again.




