My goddaughter Claire has a therapy dog named Bozworth. Boz, a large boxer mix with a heart of gold, adores my cockapoo Barkley. Barkley loves a puppy play date but he is a scared little dude and the two always reenact a scene common to Two-Leggeds that spend time at the dog park. It goes […]
David had a monumentally bad day at the hospital recently when a beloved long-time patient died. Working in a hospital is tough on the best of days. The PPE is hot and uncomfortable, the staff is overworked and underpaid, and everyone is confused about how to do their job well because, in a post-COVID-19 world, […]
We mow a half-mile trail on our property. The turkeys love the first few days after the trail has been mowed, and will shuffle about in their favorite spot near the tree line, pecking around for clover and grubs. They’ll pause sometimes and rubber-neck, extending their neck to curiously stare us down. Generally, they decide […]
I went to Spain to celebrate my fortieth birthday. On our unfilled, 7-hour flight from New York to Barcelona, I learned that there was an accidental stowaway on the plane. Evidently, an Australian man had gone to the bathroom while the flight attendants cleaned the plane and then, addled by jetlag and Ambien, the man […]
I can remember the exact moment I realized how much I do not know about systemic racism and unconscious bias. I mentioned to my friend Jazmin that I was colorblind and her eyes filled with rage. “That is so not a thing! I am so tired of white people telling people of color that they […]
