Why do we infantilize men while simultaneously enforcing the idea that they can do no wrong? These two behaviors tend to exist in the same breath, which baffles me. One minute someone is laughing about the incapability of men and how they need a woman to help them learn everything and can’t function on their own, and the next we’re… View Post
Never Bring Fruit Back From Vegas
Okay. So. Picture something with me. You and your partner drive 18 hours to Nevada; you sleep one night on the road in a truck at a rest stop where you can see so many stars you start to ponder your existence, but the cowboy beans and little smokies simmering on the camp stove call you back to the present…. View Post
The World is Not on Fire
It’s funny, whenever I sit down to write these posts, I never know whether or not I’ll have something to say that’s worth saying. Sometimes it takes me the whole month to think of something even close to post-able, other times it all flows out in one sitting. August has been a whirlwind of a month, so, in theory, I… View Post
The Birds and the Bees
No, not those birds and bees—the actual ones. The other day, I was reading on my deck, enjoying the fresh, sweet summer air that, for once in recent weeks, was not scorching and unforgiving. I’ll tell you—the more I sit still, the more I notice details around me. In a matter of an hour or two, I witnessed a little… View Post
Merrily We Roll Along—oh wait, I have a troubling lack of self-worth, shoot
“It’s not that big of a deal, anyone could do it.” “I mean, it wasn’t hard…” “Nothing I do is really that unique.” I have all of these thoughts on the regular. About my work, daily tasks, anything I can downplay…I will. This is not a mental practice I want to keep engaging in. The truth is, yes, anyone off… View Post
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