diary

June 9th, 2026

"We Will Not Be Lovers" by The Waterboys Unrequited love is about hunger. It's about what we want and can't have, what seduces and tantalize...

June 7th, 2026

Recently, on the 20th anniversary of my father's death, I reflected on a scene from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway . Today, when I sought ou...

June 6th, 2026

In the past week, the grief has been physically affecting me. I expected as much in the lead-up to the one-year anniversary of my mother's d...

June 5th, 2026

My second granny rectangle blanket is finished! I love it so much. It's also the first blanket I've added a border to. I think this will be ...

June 3rd, 2026

One of the most beautiful memories of my life is watching the DVD of Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park with my father when ...

June 2nd, 2026

The Persian silk trees are in bloom. I can't be sure they emit the floral scent that permeates the air outside my home, but I think it's lik...

May 31st, 2026

A decade. That's how long Vincent van Gogh was a painter. His best work was created in a manic rush during the last years of his life. Did h...

May 30th, 2026

This is my current work in progress. It's my second granny rectangle blanket, and I am so close to finishing it! Lately, as I crochet, I've ...

May 29th, 2026

Today marks 20 years since my father's death. I look across space and time, over a distance of two decades, and I see the teenage girl I was...