I’ll tell you straight up: 2012 seemed as if it came at me like a psycho with an axe. I mean, intense personal loss is usually enough to color the character of an entire calendar year. Going through a nearly year-long period of physical pain would…
Mixed metaphors, and life after death
You might not know it by what I’ve written here in the last few months, but I swear I can be a whole lot of fun. I really do think about many topics besides death. I laugh far, far more often than I cry. And I smile most of the time. I just do. Bu…
On choosing what to keep
Tomorrow it will have been four weeks since Karsten died. Wednesday will be one month. Dates have been whizzing by me while I try to get back to my life, to the extent that that’s been possible, and I find here and there I’ve lost track of how man…
Seeing through the swirl
The human condition, I suppose, is to be capable of deep, thorough, feel-it-ache-in-your-bones love, and to be mortal anyway, and know you’ll someday lose it, one way or the other. It is, inevitably, not fair. My partner/husband/best friend/co-con…
Just a reminder about failure
via ffffound.com Please go ahead and make mistakes. It’s how you’ll know for sure when you get it right.
Is vegan food healthy, by definition?
via bonappetit.com A recent article on BonAppetit.com, “I’m Sick of People Thinking Vegan Food is Healthy,” takes issue with the mock cheeses and meats in vegan restaurants that are meant to be palate-pleasers and imitative artistry. The author, J…
Visiting Nashville? Here’s the (former) local’s guide to what’s cool.
In the past year, a few friends from former towns and workplaces have begun to visit Nashville. I couldn’t be more delighted, of course – I want to show off my adopted hometown – but invariably, the preparatory emails involve some sort of “what sh…
One of those elusive Big City Benefits
People in Nashville seem to be fond of saying that Nashville is a big city with a small town feel. Which is charming enough, except that anyone who’s lived in a city that could proportionally be called “big” — as in, say, over 1 million people wi…
Not months but moments… and time enough.
Taken at Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Why yes, those ARE raw vegan chocolate raspberry cupcakes.
Taken at The Cat Shack