The perils of traveling with other people can really start to add up. You blink and you end up spending two hours at a museum staring at questionable art or paying $15 for a crappy BLT somewhere you didn’t even want to eat. And then there’s the scheduling gymnastics it takes to coordinate a weekend…
Captain’s Log
I’m in my last semester of college. “Leave (Get Out)” by JoJo is the earworm of the moment. About 40% of businesses report having no plan for preventing workplace violence this year. A few months ago a guy I used to almost date threw stuff at my head when I tried to leave his apartment….
And Then There Were Scouts
It’s the final day of my tenure in London. I changed my ticket to stay an extra four days because I can’t bear to leave. In reality it’s just a bit sad now that my friends are all gone and in retrospect I should have kept my original fare; I would have been able to…
When Bad Things Happen
You’ll be settling in to watch something on Netflix and cursing your parents’ auxiliary cable setup. When the bad thing begins you’re distracted by a non-crisis, like a cat getting its tail caught in a fan just as it pouts over a half-empty bowl of kibble. Life’s sense of timing is nothing if not inspired…
Sometimes No Gift is the Greatest Gift
Another version of this post originally appeared on Quiet Revolution. I had a birthday recently. I received two thoughtful gifts from two dear friends and I was grateful. They were kind to remember my latest trip around the sun. But here’s the thing: I am a bad gift opener. Not in a “can’t find where…
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