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This Is My Year (I Swear to God, Please Let This Be My Year)
The air is getting cooler, the sun is setting a little earlier, and I can practically smell the turf and the inevitable heartbreak of another fantasy football season. I know, I know. I’ve said…
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Book Review: Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
(A.K.A. My Brain is Broken and Now I Know Why) I used to think that my inability to stop scrolling on my phone was a personal failing, a character flaw, something I could fix…
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From Aspiring Mycologist to Accidental Landlord: A Cautionary Tale
You know that thing where you decide to get into a new hobby to be a better, more enlightened person? A person who communes with nature, understands the intricate dance of ecosystems, and maybe,…
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Book Review: Death in the Long Grass by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Unhinged Environmental Rant I picked up Death in the Long Grass because, let’s be real, the title is a whole mood. It’s giving “my…
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I Am Now a Supporting Character in Your Bathroom Drama
I’ve always considered the public restroom at work a hallowed space. A place of solitude, a brief, blessed reprieve from the relentless demands of the outside world. It’s a sanctuary built on the foundations…
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Book Review: Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri
Look. I love sarcasm. I speak fluent eye-roll. My love language is passive-aggressive commentary. So naturally, when I saw Alexandra Petri’s Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, I thought, Yes. This. A literary…
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Just One Tank: The Totally Reasonable Descent Into Aquatic Madness
It started innocently enough. “I think I’ll get a betta,” I said one day, like a rational person. A sleek little fish. Low maintenance. Pretty colors. Very zen. You know, a living art piece.…
Frequently Wrong, Rarely in Doubt 