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Envy tastes like copper pennies.
I know because I seem to have swallowed a mouthful of them. Each time I think I’ve washed the aftertaste away with my own hard work it comes bubbling up again, like a particularly stubborn case of reflux.
I’m not proud of it; long ago I cut off the water supply to [...]

I’m sick of the sun.
I want woolly tights and fisherman sweaters. I want jeans and boots and fingerless gloves. I want to see my breath when I inhale, exhale, inhale again.
It is six years next week that I’ve lived on the prairie and the summer never ceases to annoy me. There are no trees in [...]

In my attempt to find the Emersonian thread of the universal in my story, I laid myself bare in the most unflattering light.
I understand the world only by my attempts to shape my experience on the page. Then, and only then, do I know what I think, feel, believe. Without these attempts (the word essay [...]

I’m furious.
I had a doctor’s appointment today, a dermatologist, to be precise. I expected to see the doctor, but when I arrived I was told I’d be seeing the PA today.
I have nothing against PAs. I saw one earlier today, as well, and she was perfectly lovely.
The second one was not.
My hair is coming out [...]