We lost another chicken this week. That's five in three years (including one that died of natural causes and one that I, yes, brought to...

"Fuck politeness," "You're in a cult. Call your dad." and "Stay sexy, don't get murdered." These are a few of my favorite phrases from a...

Since my mom fell down the stairs and sustained a traumatic brain injury six years ago, she's become quick to succumb to emotion, often...

For all the gripes I have about Facebook's business practices and privacy issues, it occasionally does something useful, like alert me to...

I was in a prison this morning. It was for the Children's Literacy Foundation, where I work. We have a program called Children of Prison...

I feel guilty all the time. Guilty that I only work part-time, guilty while my husband mows the lawn and I just read and take an...

We'd only been dating a few weeks when Dylan, my now-husband, and I made plans for later in the week. As soon as I had hung up, he called...

I've been trying to slow down this summer, smell the roses, so to speak. On a recent two-week vacation in Greece I didn't use the...

"That this blue exists makes my life a remarkable one, just to have seen it." -Maggie Nelson, Bluets I thought of this quote often as I...

I check my phone approximately 57,000 times a day, for no particular reason. God forbid I don't respond to a text or email right away or...

Yesterday I went to the Bennington Writing Seminars' 48th commencement ceremony (the program is celebrating 25 years) to watch my friends...

There's a view on the Bennington College campus of the Green Mountains and the Bennington Monument (of similar design to the Washington...

We live in a gig economy, where many are forced to piece together a living with multiple jobs, often low-paying. I have friends who...

Books can be mirrors and windows, that is, reflections of our own experiences and insight into experiences that differ from our own....

When my mother fell down the stairs and sustained a traumatic brain injury six years ago, there was a lot I didn't know. If she'd make a...

I live in a small town in rural Vermont. Most of my friends live an hour or more away, so I don't see them as much as I'd like. I work in...

I am not a patient person. This seems ironic, given the careers I've chosen. First, as a paralegal at an immigration law firm, I had to...

It's that time of year again; graduates everywhere are celebrating their accomplishments and looking forward to what's next. It's a time...

We need art more than ever right now. Trump is trying to build walls and tear families apart. His administration and party are actively...

What does work look like in the digital age? Work doesn't just mean a 9-5 anymore. It can happen anywhere with the touch of a phone or an...