Open Letter to My Potential New Neighbors

(or, a hate mail to the builders of the new housing development being built directly behind my house)
I’m sorry, but I’m probably going to hate you. It’s not you, it’s me.
I’m sure you will be nice people. There’s a good chance if you have children, our kids will play with them. We’ll probably, in time, [...]

Coming Back From Hiatus

No, I haven’t vanished. I swear.
I guess it’s time for a little truth-telling. I’m not very good at this journal thing. As a young girl, I would go to the bookstore, and I would get journals with locks, with lined paper, with funny sayings on the covers. And I would write. For about a week, [...]