2) everything else - the space in between

25 Jan 2026 3 min read

The Consequences of Giving Yourself What You Need, Or: On the Occasion of My 51st Year

The life you imagined having for the rest of your life begins to flicker like static at the edge of your knowing, and now what you hadn’t imagined for yourself becomes more than possibility...You are spilling out at the edges and making a mess. A glorious, smiling, unapologetic and uncontained mess.

31 Dec 2025 6 min read

The Year of Not Flinching

The ability to stand still, avoid the blows, anticipate the other's distraction, and not flinch have all been qualities of my life in 2025 that I am reflecting upon on the last day of the year.

08 Nov 2025 8 min read

How to Keep Enough of Yourself Together When the Rest of You is Breaking Apart at the Seams

I do remember trying to describe to friends at the time what it felt like: it felt like I was a raw, exposed, bloody and pulsing nerve ending. One that everyone could see. And when beheld, my psyche felt the whole of the world backing away...

11 Oct 2025 4 min read

Home As the Dream I Keep Having

Jungian psychology calls the home the archetype of the self. Home is a mirror of the psyche, our inner world. All homes have a façade and an interior; a public face and a private center. If I’m following the logic of this line of thinking, the house is me and everything that I contain

30 Sep 2025 9 min read

What Happens in the Classroom

Writing about teaching is like dancing about a government shutdown.