Every year around my birthday, I can't help but contemplate mortality and question where the past 5, 10, 15 years have gone. Because, you see, as a single, childfree person, I lack markers to signify the passage of time. My life isn't delineated by pre-kid and post-kid eras. Or pre-husband and post-husband eras for... Continue Reading →
High School Daze
I've been visiting my high school years via memory lane this month, due to two recent and random events. 1. I went to a DIY framing shop to frame some posters a few weeks ago—one of which I had been holding onto for 20 years. I was a member of my high school chorus,... Continue Reading →
A Shoutout to My Sistas and Brothas
Thank you to sistas Oprah and Octavia for being candid about their childfree status lately. In a recent interview in the Hollywood Reporter, Oprah talks about Gayle writing down future children's names in 7th grade, while she was daydreaming about being Martin Luther King. When I read this, I thought "Yes!" Not that I... Continue Reading →
Day of Listening
I prefer to think of the day after Thanksgiving not as a day of manic consumerism, but a Day of Listening. StoryCorps proclaimed the day after Thanksgiving to be a national day of listening a few years ago. I think it's a great idea. I celebrated Thanksgiving early because flights were much cheaper the week... Continue Reading →
Time for a New Mixtape, Part 2
So, I need to finish my mixtape that I can play when I am waxing nostalgic about my 20s. I brought out my book of concert ticket stubs and tallied which bands I saw the most between the years of 1998 and 2005. The results are: 1. Guster: 10 shows I discovered Guster when they... Continue Reading →
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