The Thing About Knees a cautionary tale about what happens when your therapist is out of the country I had a whole other post ready to go two days ago. It was scheduled to publish this morning and everything. It was about how I was leaving tomorrow on a 3-week trip, and how it was stressing me out because I don’t really like travel and this is ... Continue Reading »
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The Thing About Household Currency
The Language of … love? When I was growing up, it was just me and my mom, and we didn’t talk about feelings. Feelings were things to be squashed down deep into the subconscious (landing squarely in the physical body) and controlled. You didn’t show feelings to people because that was a sign of weakness, or worse, someone could use your feelings ... Continue Reading »
Coffee Analysis Project #5
Coffee Analysis Project #5: What's Sanskrit for 'coffee'? Welcome to the CAP! Here you will find astoundingly accurate personality analyses based on a photo of a cup of morning brew. Call it a gift or a curse … either way I can suss you out by your submission. With that, let us embark on another journey. LET’S GO This edition of the CAP is ... Continue Reading »
The Thing About Grief
Grief n stuff The other day, Marcus got a text from one of our neighbors (he’s in my phone as “Two Doors Down Tommy”), informing us that one of the other neighbors across the street passed away the day before. My mind went where most anyone’s probably would: oh, that is too bad. I rarely talk to my neighbors because it takes too much ... Continue Reading »
Coffee Analysis Project #4
Coffee Analysis Project #4: 'Sup from the Valley! Welcome to the CAP, where I analyze the personalities of readers who send in a photo of their typical morning cuppa. Of course this is all scientific and legit and I am totally qualified to do this and the results are always 100% accurate.* Without further ado, let’s dive into this week’s ... Continue Reading »
The Thing About Brain Freeways
The Thing About Brain Freeways I read a book recently in which the author suggests that people who are on the spectrum are using a different operating system than what most other people have. Because our brains are computers! I get it! But having grown up in Southern California and preferring different imagery than comparing my brain to a ... Continue Reading »