As an early Christmas present, I found out that one of my pieces on Vietnam has been chosen for publication in an anthology of the year’s best creative nonfiction, due out next summer (I’ll post more details when they become available). As rewarding as a five-figure law firm bonus? That all depends on your point […]

“It’s funny, you and I eat differently,” Boyfriend says, popping another bite of eggs florentine in his mouth. We’re sitting at brunch, enjoying the unseasonal sunlight streaming through the window and letting coffee wash away the previous night’s vodka remnants.
Swallowing a bite of toast buried under layers of raspberry jam, I make a quizzical […]

“Everyone, listen up. This is your safety, this is your ammo cannister,” intones our referee, a husky teenager wearing full camouflage, combat boots and a red bandana around his thick neck. “Each of you has a bag of pellets. You load the gun by filling the cannister.”
Ten of us nod obediently. It’s the 40th birthday […]

“Hey, come over here. Come look at this couch,” Boyfriend calls, flopping down on one of the mammoth sofas in the furniture showroom.
I walk over and survey his newly conquered territory. “Yeah it’s nice. But it looks too big.”
“Too big? What are you talking about? I need a big couch.”
“Sweetie, if we put a […]

So, after almost a year of freelancing, (AKA spending my days in t-shirts on my couch, my spine slowly coiling as I hunch over a laptop, trolling for my next writing gig), I’m officially taking a job. The Huffington Post is “making an honest blogger out of me,” so to speak, and I’ll be writing […]