A weekend ago, I pulled out my folding table and declared it a “weekend of silence.” I wanted to focus on my writing and have some introvert time, which is hard to come by in my life. Particularly as someone who is often caregiving for others to the max — I mean, do you know […]
“We live in time–it holds us and moulds us–but I’ve never felt I understood it very well. And I’m not referring to theories about how it bends and doubles back, or may exist elsewhere in parallel versions. No, I mean ordinary, everyday time, which clocks and watches assure us passes regularly… And yet it takes […]
Me as a tennis player, back in the times of yore. This weekend, I start going to the Gotham Girls Rec League Level 1 for beginning skaters. I’m extremely excited – but also very nervous! I have been skating sporadically throughout the summer, but this is the time where I will be getting back to […]
Sometimes I feel like productivity is the only way to go for me. I have to be seriously working on something, giving it my all, making plans, and working through them as steadfastly as possible. But, as you can imagine, it is pretty difficult to keep up that level of productivity all the time – […]
I’ve returned to Barnard on a pretty dreary day, so I feel compelled to open up the week with a pretty dreary post. Yet, as with all dreariness, it’s designed to make you think rather bring you further down in the doldrums. So, enjoy. I consider myself a conscientious eater. I have made peace with […]
So I’ve been extensively prolific in the last few days. Either the vomit of ranting out ideas has shoveled its way up my throat and through my fingertips or I’m just tearing down the ‘pretty, sugar & spice’ girl that people seem to want from me. Both are extremely satisfying.I’m realizing that I use recurring […]