I have a great friend named Stella. She has a plastic penny bank molded into the shape of Ariel, the spunky heroine from Disney’s 1989 blockbuster The Little Mermaid. Anytime I see Stella, I know the battered but beloved Ariel is close by. “When I was your age, I told my kindergarten teacher I was […]
Twenty years ago, my husband’s depression and anxiety showed up for the first time, raging into a brain – and our lives – that to that point had been pretty calm and even-keeled. I started researching every treatment I could, including microdosing, where tiny amounts of hallucinogenic drugs are taken over weeks or years. […]
Circus Roncalli, Germany’s most beloved circus, famously replaced all of its live animals with 3-D holograms in 2018, a tech-savvy move to preserve the audience-loved animal acts while eliminating concerns of animal cruelty. I watched some YouTube videos explaining how they did it. The elephants are particularly mesmerizing; when the image of the elephant, […]
“What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night Had he lived, Kurt Vonnegut would be turning 99 on November 11. In 1997, he read from and signed his novel Timequake at Joseph Beth in Lexington Green. The book touches on themes of free will, […]
My guitar teacher Steve thumbed through the folder that contained all of the songs I have learned to play in the last decade. “Let’s do Wonderful Tonight,” he suggested. Izzie set down her acoustic and plugged her electric into the amp. Together we do a killer cover. But not today. I crossed my arms across […]
I received a letter in the mail recently from a young earth creationist who was incensed about a recent article I published that stated that Homo Sapiens have been around for about 200,000 years. The letter chastised me for being “a godless sinner,” and helpfully informed me that “all life was created less than 10,000 […]
